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Table 2 Morbidity measures by age, gender and Socioeconomic status

From: Multimorbidity as a predictor of health service utilization in primary care: a registry-based study of the Catalan population

 

n

Females (%)

Age (mean, ±SD, CI95%)

Age group (%)

Socioeconomic status (%)

< 65

65–74

75–84

> 84

Very High

High

Mode-rate

Poor

Very poor

Charlson index

 0

3,773,271

49.3

40.85, ± 13.8,

40.83–40.86

94.1

4.3

1.3

0.4

14.6

28.2

17.2

26.7

13.4

 1

1,068,689

55.7

55.89, ± 15.8,

55.86–55.92

69.3

18.1

9.4

3.3

9.4

19.9

40.2

20.7

9.8

 2

536,386

56.1

63.51, ± 14.9,

63.47–63.55

49.6

26.3

17.3

6.8

9.4

19.9

39.6

21.0

10.1

 3

302,559

55.3

69.15, ± 13.7,

69.10–69.20

33.7

28.6

25.4

12.3

9.7

20.3

39.2

20.5

10.3

 4

175,582

52.7

73.05, ± 12.3,

72.99;73.10

22.9

27.8

31.7

17.7

9.3

20.2

39.1

20.7

10.7

 5

99,865

50.8

75.52, ± 11.5,

75.45–75.59

16.5

25.1

35.8

22.6

8.8

20.3

38.9

21.0

11.0

 6

68,717

44.0

71.21, ± 16.8,

71.08–71.34

27.7

19.0

31.1

22.2

9.2

20.9

37.5

20.6

11.7

 7

37,128

42.9

73.75, ± 14.6,

73.60–73.90

22.7

19.3

33.6

24.4

8.8

20.5

37.8

20.6

12.3

  > 7

40,398

40.2

74.38, ± 13.5,

74.25–74.51

21.3

19.9

34.9

23.9

8.2

20.5

38.3

20.8

12.2

CRG status (a)

 Healthy/Non-Users

3,610,832

48.6

40.27, ± 13.5,

40.25–40.28

95.0

3.5

1.1

0.4

10.9

20.8

38.9

19.5

9.8

 History of significant acute disease

111,709

55.4

47.96, ± 15.9,

47.87;48.05

83.6

10.3

4.3

1.8

8.3

19.1

40.8

21.1

10.7

 Single minor chronic disease

423,418

65.8

52.35, ± 14.6,

52.31–52.39

79.2

14.1

5.0

1.6

9.3

20.2

40.6

20.4

9.5

 Minor chronic disease in multiple systems

119,540

79.5

61.07, ± 12.8,

61.00–61.15

59.6

25.9

11.4

3.0

9.8

20.4

40.3

20.1

9.3

 Single dominant or moderate chronic disease

1,026,770

50.8

61.25, ± 16.4,

61.22–61.29

54.8

22.7

15.4

7.0

9.2

20.1

39.7

20.8

10.1

 Significant chronic disease in multiple systems

758,547

52.7

70.11, ± 13.5,

70.08–70.14

31.0

28.1

27.4

13.5

8.8

19.6

39.5

21.3

10.8

 Dominant chronic disease in > 2 systems

36,668

55.8

74.92, ± 11.9,

74.80;75.04

18.7

22.5

37.4

21.4

8.7

19.1

38.8

21.8

11.6

 Dominant and metastatic malignancies

3455

23.6

70.92, ± 14.0,

70.45–71.39

29.2

26.0

28.1

16.7

9.8

19.9

41.0

19.7

9.6

 Catastrophic condition

11,656

27.7

47.97, ± 11.0,

47.77–48.17

92.5

5.6

1.6

0.2

11.9

22.2

32.6

19.6

13.7

GMA morbidity level (a)

 Healthy

1,007,734

41.0

40.68, ± 13.4,

40.66–40.71

95.1

3.4

1.1

0.5

16.2

22.9

36.0

16.9

8.0

 Acute pathologies

531,707

43.2

36.93, ± 12.1,

36.90–36.97

97.5

1.8

0.5

0.2

10.3

20.1

40.4

19.8

9.4

 Pregnancy and childbirth

79,064

100.0

32.60, ± 5.8,

32.56–32.64

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

6.6

18.0

40.9

22.1

12.3

 Chronic pathologies in 1 system

1,231,874

47.1

40.87, ± 13.6,

40.84–40.89

94.4

3.9

1.2

0.4

9.7

20.2

40.1

20.2

9.7

 Chronic pathologies in 2 or 3 systems

1,707,743

54.1

49.54, ± 16.5,

49.51–49.56

80.5

12.1

5.4

2.0

8.6

19.8

40.3

21.0

10.4

 Chronic pathologies in > 3 systems

1,273,579

60.2

65.40, ± 16.1,

65.37–65.42

43.7

24.3

21.3

10.7

8.2

19.9

39.4

21.1

11.3

 Active neoplasm

270,894

50.5

67.94, ± 14.5,

67.89–68.00

36.1

27.8

25.1

11.0

10.2

20.9

38.3

20.4

10.1

  1. (a) See Tables 4S–6S, respectively, for further information