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

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Chiropr Man Therap. 2016; 24: 29.

Published online 2016 Aug 1. doi: 10.1186/s12998-016-0107-x

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Table 2

Gender distribution according to Helfo data (2013)

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 %)

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