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Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze the overall pattern of dietary supplement intake as a method to maintain health. Based on the purpose of this study, it was intended to be used as basic data to establish the necessity of health functional food and the correct intake method. Methods/Statistical analysis: Statistical analysis method, Frequency analysis and chi-square test method was performed to analyze the data using IBM SPSS 21.0 program. Findings: When looking at whether or not they have taken dietary supplements continuously for more than 2 weeks in the past year, the number of women who answered 'yes' was high at 62.5% (2,462 people). Looking at the general matters of the survey subjects, '50-59' was 66.4%, '60-69' 63.5%, and '40-49' 63.2% in that order. Regardless of the level of learning, it was found that the experience of taking dietary supplements was high. By income level, 'low' 51.0%, ' Low & middle' 55.6%, ' Middle & high ' 59.4%, and 'High' 65.3%, indicating that the higher the income, the higher the experience of taking dietary supplements. Improvements/Applications: Based on this study, we intend to use it as a guideline for follow-up studies on the perception of nutritional knowledge and whether dietary supplements are consumed according to the guidelines of nutritional knowledge.