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Table 3 Use of term subluxation in catalogues of United States chiropractic degree programs

From: The prevalence of the term subluxation in chiropractic degree program curricula throughout the world

Doctor of Chiropractic Degree Program

Number of times subluxation mentioned

Number in course descriptions

Total number of courses

Percent in course descriptions

Cleveland Chiropractic College

5 (6)a

5 (4)

81 (79)

6.17 (5.06)

D’Youville College

7 (6)

7 (2)

88 (46)

7.95 (4.34)

Keiser University

1 (N/A)

1 (N/A)

73 (N/A)

1.36 (N/A)

Life Chiropractic College West

10 (14)

9 (8)

113 (92)

7.96 (8.70)

Life University

25 (28)

24 (24)

189 (146)

12.69 (16.44)

Logan University

5 (12)

5 (5)

95 (96)

5.26 (5.21)

National University of Health Sciences

0 (0)

0 (0)

85 (75)

0 (0)

New York Chiropractic College

4 (5)

4 (3)

109 (72)

3.67 (4.16)

Northwestern Health Sciences University

5 (7)

5 (2)

105 (85)

4.76 (2.35)

Palmer College of Chiropractic (Davenport Campus)

9 (55)b

8 (6)

83 (72)

9.64 (8.33)

Palmer College of Chiropractic (Florida Campus)

16 (55)b

14 (10)

84 (44)

16.67 (22.72)

Palmer College of Chiropractic (West Campus)

4 (55)b

4 (5)

91 (78)

4.39 (6.41)

Parker University

10 (16)

9 (6)

47 (74)

19.14 (8.11)

Sherman College of Chiropractic

17 (53)

15 (11)

117 (86)

12.82 (12.80)

Southern California University of Health Sciences

0 (0)

0 (0)

72 (67)

0 (0)

Texas Chiropractic College

1 (2)

1 (2)

66 (66)

1.51 (3.03)

University of Bridgeport

1 (6)

1 (1)

75 (74)

1.33 (1.35)

University of Western States

5 (6)

5 (5)

117 (104)

4.27 (4.80)

Means

6.94

6.50 (5.53)

93.89 (79.76)

6.64% (6.69%)

  1. a Data in parentheses are from Mirtz and Perle (2011)
  2. b Data for all three Palmer campuses were combined in Mirtz and Perle (2011)