Table 1 Number of traditional practitioners with demographic data
From: Non-codified traditional medicine practices from Belgaum Region in Southern India: present scenario
Age | Gender | Literary rate | Religion | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nc | Male | Female | Illiterate | Primary | High school | Higher education | Hindu | Muslim | Christian, Jain and others | |
(%) | Nc (%) | Nc (%) | Nc (%) | Nc (%) | Nc (%) | Nc (%) | Nc (%) | Nc (%) | Nc (%) | |
20-30 | 5 (3.6%) | 5 (3.6%) | Nil | Nil | Nil | 3 (2.1%) | 2 (1.4%) | 4 (2.9%) | 1 (0.7%) | Nil |
31-40 | 18 (12.9%) | 15 (10.7%) | 3 (2.1%) | Nil | 6 (4.3%) | 9 (6.4%) | 3 (2.1%) | 13 (9.3%) | 4 (2.9%) | 1 (0.7%) |
41-50 | 23 (16.4%) | 20 (14.3%) | 3 (2.1%) | 2 (1.4%) | 6 (4.3%) | 9 (6.4%) | 6 (4.3%) | 18 (12.9%) | 4 (2.9%) | 1 (0.7%) |
51-60 | 38 (27.1%) | 34 (24.3%) | 4 (2.9%) | 3 (2.1%) | 18 (12.9%) | 4 (2.9%) | 13 (9.3%) | 30 (21.4%) | 4 (2.9%) | 4 (2.9%) |
61-70 | 34 (24.3%) | 31* (22.1%) | 3 (2.1%) | 18 (12.9%) | 7 (5.0%) | 5 (3.6%) | 4 (2.9%) | 30 (21.4%) | 03 (2.1%) | 1 (0.7%) |
71 and above | 22 (15.7%) | 21* (15.00%) | 1 (0.7%) | 9 (6.4%) | 8 (5.7%) | 4 (2.9%) | 1 (0.7%) | 22 (15.7%) | Nil | Nil |
Total | 140 (100.0%) | 126 (90.0%) | 14 (10.0%) | 32 (22.9%) | 45 (32.1%) | 34 (24.3%) | 29 (20.7%) | 117 (83.6%) | 16 (11.4%) | 07 (5.00%) |