Table 5. Use of Acupuncture in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis(2016) (Units : N(%))
| Category | Total | Point Acupuncture (1 location) | Point Acupuncture (2 or more locations) | Intraorbital Acupuncture | Intranasal Acupuncture | Intraperitoneal Acupuncture | Intra-articular Acupuncture | Intervertebral Acupuncture | Symmetric Acupuncture |
| | 922,977 (100.000) | 94,655 (10.255) | 459,596 (49.795) | 1,419 (0.154) | 121,256 (13.137) | 17,094 (1.852) | 81,754 (8.858) | 13,637 (1.478) | 133,566 (14.471) |
| Treatment Type | Inpatient | 162 (0.018) | 8 (0.001) | 76 (0.008) | 2 (0.000) | 24 (0.003) | 2 (0.000) | 7 (0.001) | 4 (0.000) | 39 (0.004) |
| Outpatient | 922,815 (99.982) | 94,647 (10.255) | 459,520 (49.787) | 1,417 (0.154) | 121,232 (13.135) | 17,092 (1.852) | 81,747 (8.857) | 13,633 (1.477) | 133,527 (14.467) |
| Sex | Male | 499,720 (54.142) | 49,128 (5.323) | 252,239 (27.329) | 768 (0.083) | 67,462 (7.309) | 8,464 (0.917) | 45,428 (4.922) | 7,328 (0.794) | 68,903 (7.465) |
| Female | 423,257 (45.858) | 45,527 (4.933) | 207,357 (22.466) | 651 (0.071) | 53,794 (5.828) | 8,630 (0.935) | 36,326 (3.936) | 6,309 (0.684) | 64,663 (7.006) |
| Age | 0-4years | 179,780 (19.478) | 6,877 (0.745) | 121,211 (13.133) | 31 (0.003) | 7,958 (0.862) | 4,526 (0.490) | 28,923 (3.134) | 3,641 (0.394) | 6,613 (0.716) |
| 5-9years | 228,952 (24.806) | 19,438 (2.106) | 127,540 (13.818) | 245 (0.027) | 28,810 (3.121) | 3,899 (0.422) | 24,482 (2.653) | 3,658 (0.396) | 20,880 (2.262) |
| 10-19years | 199,303 (21.593) | 18,260 (1.978) | 91,505 (9.914) | 387 (0.042) | 37,724 (4.087) | 2,539 (0.275) | 10,627 (1.151) | 1,735 (0.188) | 36,526 (3.957) |
| 20-29years | 55,665 (6.031) | 5,465 (0.592) | 23,608 (2.558) | 96 (0.010) | 9,249 (1.002) | 960 (0.104) | 1,912 (0.207) | 488 (0.053) | 13,887 (1.505) |
| 30-39years | 63,342 (6.863) | 8,407 (0.911) | 25,420 (2.754) | 244 (0.026) | 9,746 (1.056) | 1,150 (0.125) | 2,725 (0.295) | 717 (0.078) | 14,933 (1.618) |
| 40-49years | 67,335 (7.295) | 9,453 (1.024) | 26,619 (2.884) | 185 (0.020) | 9,728 (1.054) | 1,425 (0.154) | 3,247 (0.352) | 800 (0.087) | 15,878 (1.720) |
| 50-59years | 61,259 (6.637) | 9,187 (0.995) | 23,478 (2.544) | 99 (0.011) | 8,810 (0.955) | 1,198 (0.130) | 2,878 (0.312) | 791 (0.086) | 14,818 (1.605) |
| 60-69years | 38,274 (4.147) | 8,752 (0.948) | 12,832 (1.390) | 96 (0.010) | 5,157 (0.559) | 730 (0.079) | 3,038 (0.329) | 759 (0.082) | 6,910 (0.749) |
| 70-79years | 23,210 (2.515) | 7,057 (0.765) | 5,978 (0.648) | 30 (0.003) | 3,178 (0.344) | 511 (0.055) | 3,045 (0.330) | 829 (0.090) | 2,582 (0.280) |
| 80-89years | 5,483 (0.594) | 1,698 (0.184) | 1,268 (0.137) | 6 (0.001) | 817 (0.089) | 155 (0.017) | 839 (0.091) | 219 (0.024) | 481 (0.052) |
| 90-99years | 372 (0.040) | 61 (0.007) | 136 (0.015) | 0 (0) | 79 (0.009) | 1 (0.000) | 38 (0.004) | 0 (0) | 57 (0.006) |
| ≥100years | 2 (0.000) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.000) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.000) |