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Table 2 Gender distribution according to Helfo data (2013)

From: Children and adolescents presenting to chiropractors in Norway: National Health Insurance data and a detailed survey

Gender/Age of child

0–4 years

5–9 years

10–14 years

15–17 years

Total

Female

4750 (45.8 %)

1599 (43.4 %)

3681 (49.5 %)

4764 (57.0 %)

14,794 (49.4 %)

Male

5610 (54.0 %)

2077 (56.4 %)

3742 (50.4 %)

3658 (42.4 %)

15,087 (50.4 %)

Unknown

20 (0.2 %)

5 (0.1 %)

8 (0.1 %)

9 (0.1 %)

42 (0.1 %)

Total

10,380 (100 %)

3681 (100 %)

7431 (100 %)

8431 (100 %)

29,923 (100 %)

  1. Helfo: is the Norwegian registry that provided the National Health Insurance data on the accumulated the number of treatments administered by chiropractors, according to diagnostic codes given