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Table 1 Demographics and practice characteristics for DC’s who responded to the survey on identifying life threatening conditions in their offices [N = 576 (98%)]

From: Self-reported recognition of undiagnosed life threatening conditions in chiropractic practice: a random survey

 

N(%)

Gender

 

 Male

452 (79.4)

 Female

117 (20.6)

Years In practice

 

 Education dominant

27(4.7)

 Education/Experience mixed

198 (34.6)

 Experience dominant

348 (60.7)

Traditional Chiro

221 (39.7)

Rural setting

128 (22.3)

Suburban

266 (46.3)

Urban

142 (24.7)

Multi-Discipline

59 (10.3)

Veterans

0 (0)

Solo

300 (52.3)

Multi DC

121 (21.0)

Other Healthcare Experience

63 (11.0)

College of Graduation

 

 Palmer CC Davenport (M)

126 (23.2)

 National University (L)

53 (9.8)

 Life University (C)

51 (9.4)

 Logan (M)

47 (8.7)

 New York CC (M)

39 (7.2)

 Northwestern HS Univ. (M)

33 (6.1)

 Parker CC (M)

32 (5.9)

 Southern California Univ. of HS (L)

31 (5.8)

 Cleveland CC KS (M)

26 (4.8)

 University of Western States CC (L)

21 (3.9)

 Texas CC (L)

20 (3.7)

 Palmer CC WEST (M)

18 (3.3)

 Sherman CC (C)

18 (3.3)

 Cleveland LA (M)

11 (2.0)

 Life CC WEST (C)

11 (2.0)

 University of Bridgeport (L)

3 (.6)

 Canadian Memorial CC

1 (.2)

 Palmer CC Florida (M)

1 (.2)

Type of College of Graduation (grouped)

 

 Liberal

128 (23.7)

 Mixed

333 (61.6)

 Conservative

80 (14.8)

  1. * Top 3 states with at least 30 respondents (DCs) were California (12.1%), New York (5.9%), and Texas (5.4%).
  2. (M) Mixed educational culture, (C) Conservative educational culture, (L) Liberal educational culture.