From: Age- and gender-related prevalence of multimorbidity in primary care: the swiss fire project
All | Men | Women | p-value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | (95%CI) | % | (95%CI) | % | (95%CI) | ||
One or more chronic health conditions | |||||||
All | 38.0 | (33.6-42.4) | 38.3 | (34.1-42.4) | 37.7 | (32.9-42.5) | 0.585 |
Age group (years) | |||||||
20–29 | 15.6 | (13.5-17.7) | 15.0 | (12.8-17.2) | 16.1 | (13.7-18.5) | 0.244 |
30–39 | 19.8 | (16.0-23.5) | 19.5 | (15.9-23.2) | 20.0 | (15.9-24.1) | 0.655 |
40–49 | 32.2 | (28.0-36.3) | 31.7 | (27.4-35.9) | 32.6 | (28.1-37.2) | 0.487 |
50–59 | 43.9 | (39.2-48.5) | 45.4 | (40.7-50.0) | 42.4 | (37.4-47.3) | 0.102 |
60–69 | 55.5 | (50.8-60.3) | 58.3 | (53.8-62.6) | 53.0 | (47.6-58.2) | <.001 |
70–79 | 65.0 | (60.2-69.8) | 68.3 | (63.3-73.2) | 62.3 | (57.4-67.2) | <.001 |
>80 | 68.4 | (63.9-72.9) | 70.3 | (66.0-74.6) | 67.3 | (62.5-72.0) | 0.096 |
Two or more chronic health conditions | |||||||
All | 14.5 | (11.4-17.7) | 14.8 | (11.6-18.0) | 14.3 | (11.1-17.5) | 0.288 |
Age group (years) | |||||||
20–29 | 1.70 | (1.11-2.29) | 1.70 | (1.11-2.29) | 2.12 | (1.28-2.96) | 0.182 |
30–39 | 3.28 | (2.12-4.44) | 3.31 | (2.08-4.53) | 3.26 | (2.07-4.44) | 0.560 |
40–49 | 8.16 | (6.21-10.1) | 8.18 | (6.15-10.2) | 8.15 | (6.08-19.2) | 0.650 |
50–59 | 15.7 | (12.3-19.1) | 16.5 | (12.8-20-2) | 14.8 | (11.6-18.1) | 0.207 |
60–69 | 25.8 | (20.9-30.8) | 28.8 | (23.6-33.9) | 22.9 | (18.1-27.8) | <.001 |
70–79 | 33.6 | (27.2-40.0) | 35.6 | (28.5-42.6) | 31.9 | (25.9-37.9) | 0.030 |
>80 | 37.7 | (31.2-44.2) | 38.9 | (32.0-45.7) | 37.0 | 30.6-43.5) | 0.643 |
Three or more chronic health conditions | |||||||
All | 7.30 | (5.12-9.48) | 7.55 | (5.23-9-87) | 7.07 | (4.97-9.17) | 0.952 |
Age group (years) | |||||||
20–29 | 0.42 | (0.22-0.62) | 0.40 | (0.13-0.67) | 0.44 | (0.21-0.66) | 0.515 |
30–39 | 0.95 | (0.54-1.35) | 1.01 | (0.53-1.48) | 0.90 | (0.49-1.31) | 0.860 |
40–49 | 2.69 | (1.79-3.59) | 2.67 | (1.71-3.61) | 2.72 | (1.76-3.68) | 0.720 |
50–59 | 6.82 | (4.71-8.92) | 7.71 | (5.18-10.2) | 5.91 | (4.10-7.71) | 0.055 |
60–69 | 13.0 | (9.35-16.7) | 14.4 | (10.4-18.4) | 11.7 | (8.25-15.1) | 0.002 |
70–79 | 20.0 | (14.3-25.6) | 21.9 | (15.3-28.5) | 18.4 | (13.3-23.4) | 0.007 |
>80 | 22.7 | (16.8-28.5) | 24.0 | (17.3-30.7) | 21.9 | (16.4-27.4) | 0.283 |