The presented bar graph illustrates the percentages of 10 most common Complementary or Alternative Medicine therapies (CAM) among US adults in 2007. The shown table displays the comparison of therapy propertion between 2002 and 2007. As is observed, deep breathing therapy reached a peak of gain measure both in 2002 and in 2007, while natural products stand out for all CAM therapies with the highest amount of adults.
It is conspicuous that the usage of deep breathing therapy was the most popular spread among others in both years (10,6 % in 2002, 14,8 % in 2007). The measure of gains for meditation in 2002 and for massage in 2007 had the same 8,6 percen. Meditation accessed 10,5 % of gains in 2002, compared to 10,6 % of deep breathing therapy, there was only 0,1% difference between these figures. The same goes for massage and yoga proportion in 2002 (5% and 5,1 %) Also 7,1% of yoga gains is nearly twice as expansive as the deep breathing measure in 2007.
Moreover, the utilisation of natural products among adults reached the largest amount just below 18% in contrast to other therapies. The consumption of deep breathing had the second highest proportion with just over 12%. Massage, yoga, meditation and chiropractic therapies got roughly the same number of habitants just about 18%. Similarly, homeopathic treathm, guided imagery, progressive relaxation and diet-based therapies had been utilised by the least amount of US adults just around 0-4%.
