Complementary health statistics in the U.S.

of U.S. adults used at least one of seven complementary health approaches in 2022.

The survey examined yoga, meditation, massage therapy, chiropractic care, acupuncture, naturopathy, and guided imagery or progressive muscle relaxation.

was the rise in use of at least one of those approaches between 2002 and 2022.

This compares responses from nationally representative U.S. adult surveys collected in 2002, 2012, and 2022.

of U.S. adults reported using meditation in 2022, making it the most-used approach in the analysis.

That figure was 7.5% in 2002.

of U.S. adults reported using yoga in 2022.

Reported yoga use was 5% in 2002 and 9% in 2012.

of U.S. adults reported using acupuncture in 2022.

Reported use was 1% in 2002.

of adults using one of the seven approaches reported using it for pain management in 2022.

The comparable figure was 42.3% in 2002.

of chiropractic users in the analysis reported using it for pain management in 2022.

It was the approach with the highest reported use for pain management among those studied.