Table 3 Chronic headache patients’ number of pain-related visits to non-medical practitioners and number of pain-related acupuncture visits per year

 None

79 (74.5)

86 (85.1)

 One to Four

16 (15.1)

11 (10.9)

 Five to Eight

5 (4.7)

1 (1.0)

 Nine to Twelve

5 (4.7)

2 (2.0)

 Thirteen or more

1 (.9)

1 (1.0)

Number of pain-related acupuncture appointments per year

 None

79 (74.5)

89 (88.1)

 One to Ten

19 (17.9)

9 (8.9)

 Eleven to Twenty

6 (5.7)

1 (1.0)

 Twenty-one or more

2 (1.9)

2 (2.0)