Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Yi people in Mile, Yunnan, China

Table 1 Detailed demographic information about the informants in the study area

Factors	Categories	Number of people	Proportion (%)
Township	Xiyi	17	14.91
	Xier	13	11.40
	Xisan	38	33.33
	Xinshao	21	18.42
	Dongshan	25	21.93
Vocation	Healer	40	35.09
	Vendor	23	20.18
	Farmer	51	44.74
Gender	Male	74	64.91
Gender	Female	40	35.09
Age	Less than 30	2	1.75
	30–40	6	5.26
	41–50	16	14.04
	51–60	33	28.95
	61–70	42	36.84
	More than 70	15	13.16
Education	None	31	27.19
	Primary	53	46.49
	Secondary	26	22.81
	Tertiary	4	3.51
Ways to acquire medical knowledge	Learned by self	40	35.09
	Learned from parents	59	51.75
	Learned from teacher or master	15	13.16

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