The Statistics Shown in the Graph at the Below Are

question 7

Multiple Choice

The statistics shown in the graph at the below are from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) , an annual in person survey of Americans regarding their health-and illness-related experiences. The Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) section gathered information on 23,393 adults aged 18 and older.(Source: http://nccam.nih.gov /news/camstats/2007/ ) In the United States, according to this survey, approximately 38% of adults are using some form of complementary and alternative medicine. If the adult population of the United States is approximately 208,000,000 people, how may adults are estimated to use some form of complementary and alternative medicine?

• A) 59,040,000 adults
• B) 99,040,000 adults
• C) 79,040,000 adults
• D) 69,040,000 adults
• E) 89,040,000 adults

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