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Table 2 Prevalence estimates of one or more, two or more, and three or more chronic health conditions (ICPC-2)* among 66,212 adult patients (age20 years) in swiss primary care stratified by age- and gender

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

  1. ICPC-2=International Classification in Primary Care-2nd version.* Chronic health conditions were defined based on the ICPC-2 classification system using the concept of O`Halloran et al. [3].