The naturopathic medical profession is composed predominantly of women.
"I will say the naturopathic profession is vastly different than the chiropractic profession in that I went to school at both at the same time and the naturopathic profession were predominantly women." (said at 0:33:45)
Workforce and demographic surveys across multiple jurisdictions consistently show that the naturopathic profession is predominantly composed of women. Surveys of licensed naturopathic doctors in North America and internationally report female practitioner representation ranging from approximately 70% to over 90%.
- supports: Practice patterns of naturopathic physicians: results from a random survey of licensed pra… (BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2004)
"Both the practitioners and their patients were primarily White and female." (abstract, results, passage verified)
openalexfull study (doi) - supports: The characteristics, experiences and perceptions of naturopathic and herbal medicine pract… (BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015)
"A majority of the naturopaths and herbal medicine practitioners surveyed were female (91%), and aged between 45 and 54 years." (abstract, results, passage verified)
openalexfull study (doi) - supports: A cross-sectional workforce survey of three traditional and complementary medicine profess… (PLoS ONE 2021)
"While predominantly female (57.9%), Ontario's TCM/acupuncture profession was less feminized than the naturopathic (77.1%) and homeopathic (78.3%) groups." (abstract, results, passage verified)
openalexfull study (doi)