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Table 1 Total and chiropractic patients at VHA facilities with minimum 500 on-station chiropractic visits per FY

From: Evaluating rates of chiropractic use and utilization by patient sex within the United States Veterans Health Administration: a serial cross-sectional analysis

Fiscal year

VHA facilities

Total patients (% female)

Chiropractic patients (% female)

% of Populations using chiropractic care

Total

Male

Female

2005

15

557,284 (5.1)

3475 (11.7)

0.6

0.6

1.4

2006

26

1,071,500 (5.6)

8138 (13.2)

0.8

0.7

1.8

2007

33

1,257,093 (5.8)

11,259 (13.7)

0.9

0.8

2.1

2008

34

1,392,141 (6.2)

14,094 (14.0)

1.0

0.9

2.3

2009

34

1,435,291 (6.5)

16,791 (14.1)

1.2

1.1

2.6

2010

37

1,584,473 (6.6)

18,490 (13.6)

1.2

1.1

2.4

2011

43

1,841,167 (6.8)

21,318 (13.9)

1.2

1.1

2.4

2012

44

1,895,504 (7.0)

24,053 (12.3)

1.3

1.2

2.6

2013

46

2,035,407 (7.3)

26,080 (15.0)

1.3

1.2

2.6

2014

51

2,391,258 (7.5)

30,116 (15.5)

1.3

1.1

2.6

2015

59

2,748,822 (7.7)

37,436 (15.3)

1.4

1.3

2.7

2016

71

3,341,124 (8.1)

44,117 (15.9)

1.3

1.2

2.6

2017

77

3,573,834 (8.4)

47,489 (16.2)

1.3

1.2

2.6

2018

90

4,037,229 (8.7)

51,199 (16.1)

1.3

1.2

2.3

2019

119

4,750,436 (9.0)

66,344 (16.4)

1.4

1.3

2.5

2020

144

5,509,271 (9.6)

66,535 (17.0)

1.2

1.1

2.1

2021

171

6,690,841 (9.9)

81,706 (17.7)

1.2

1.1

2.2