Health professionals

People who visit health professionals tend to be older than the 1 population, because illness increases with age. However, the 2 of the population who visited complementary health 3 was highest between the ages 25 and 64 years. The lower rates for people aged 65 years and over 4 with the rate of visits to other health professionals which increased steadily with increasing age. The reasons for this difference might include lower levels of 5 of complementary therapies by older people. Alternatively, older people may have different treatment priorities than do younger people because their health on average is worse while their incomes are generally lower.