Comparison of the broad categories of complaints of people seeking acupuncture care from three surveys of independent acupuncturists (members of the British Acupuncture Council)
| ICPC categories | Survey data from 2009 (N=946) | Survey data from 200213 (N=9408) | Survey data from 198818 19 (N=518) | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| A | General | 59 (6) | 852 (9) | 31 (6) |
| General well-being* | 8 (0.8) | 446 (5) | 19 (4) | |
| B | Blood | 2 (0.2) | 31 (0.3) | 2 (0.4) |
| D | Digestive | 49 (5) | 434 (5) | 20 (4) |
| F | Eye | 2 (0.2) | 34 (0.4) | 3 (0.6) |
| H | Ear | 8 (0.8) | 72 (0.8) | 5 (1) |
| K | Circulatory | 20 (2) | 335 (4) | 7 (1) |
| L | Musculoskeletal | 304 (34) | 3560 (38) | 241 (47) |
| N | Neurological | 75 (8) | 763 (8) | 37 (7) |
| P | Psychological | 123 (13) | 1047 (11) | 61 (12) |
| R | Respiratory | 35 (4) | 533 (6) | 33 (7) |
| S | Skin | 23 (3) | 264 (3) | 12 (2) |
| T | Endocrine, metabolic and nutritional | 14 (1) | 125 (1) | 11 (2) |
| U | Urology | 6 (0.6) | 93 (1) | 6 (1) |
| W | Family planning | 120 (13) | 232 (2) | 1 (0.2) |
| X | Gynaecology | 57 (6) | 481 (5) | 16 (3) |
| Y | Male genital system | 7 (0.8) | 20 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) |
| Z | Social problem | 3 (0.3) | 18 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) |
| Other | 11 (1.0) | — | — | |
| Total | 926 (100) | 9340 (99) | 509 (98) | |
| Missing | 0 | 68 (1) | 9 (2) | |
| Grand total | 926 (100) | 9408 (100) | 518 (100) | |
↵* General well-being is a subgroup of category A ‘General’.