Table 4.
Prevalence of comorbidity by gender.
| Men n = 13,370 |
Women n = 31,572 |
Total N = 44,942 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Median (IQ) age adjusted CCI† | 5 (4-6) | 5 (4-6) | 5 (4-6) |
| Any comorbid condition | 30.7 (30.0-31.5) | 23.7 (23.2-24.2) | 25.8 (25.4-26.2) |
| Diabetes‡ | 10.0 (9.5-10.6) | 7.0 (6.7-7.3) | 7.9 (7.6-8.1) |
| Renal disease | 6.8 (6.3-7.2) | 3.9 (3.7-4.1) | 4.8 (4.6-5.0) |
| Dementia | 3.7 (3.4-4.1) | 3.4 (3.2-3.6) | 3.5 (3.3-3.7) |
| Congestive heart failure | 3.4 (3.1-3.7) | 2.7 (2.5-2.9) | 2.9 (2.7-3.1) |
| Pulmonary disease | 3.4 (3.1-3.7) | 2.0 (1.8-2.1) | 2.4 (2.2-2.5) |
| Parkinson's disease | 3.1 (2.8-3.4) | 1.4 (1.3-1.6) | 1.9 (1.8-2.0) |
| Cerebral vascular accident | 2.7 (2.4-3.0) | 1.4 (1.2-1.5) | 1.8 (1.6-1.9) |
| Cancer | 2.6 (2.3-2.9) | 1.0 (0.9-1.2) | 1.5 (1.4-1.6) |
| Paraplegia | 1.9 (1.7-2.1) | 0.9 (0.8-1.0) | 1.2 (1.1-1.3) |
| Delirium | 1.5 (1.3-1.7) | 1.2 (1.1-1.4) | 1.3 (1.2-1.4) |
| Osteoporosis | 1.2 (1.0-1.4) | 3.3 (3.1-3.5) | 2.7 (2.5-2.8) |
| Metastatic cancer | 1.2 (1.0-1.4) | 0.5 (0.4-0.6) | 0.7 (0.6-0.8) |
| Acute myocardial infarction | 1.1 (0.9-1.3) | 0.9 (0.8-1.0) | 0.9 (0.9-1.0) |
| Vision impairment | 1.0 (0.8-1.2) | 1.0 (0.9-1.1) | 1.0 (0.9-1.1) |
| Deafness | 0.8 (0.7-1.0) | 0.6 (0.5-0.7) | 0.7 (0.6-0.8) |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 0.6 (0.5-0.8) | 0.3 (0.3-0.4) | 0.4 (0.4-0.5) |
| Liver disease | 0.2 (0.1-0.3) | 0.1 (0.0-0.1) | 0.1 (0.1-0.1) |
| Ataxia | 0.2 (0.1-0.3) | 0.1 (0.1-0.2) | 0.1 (0.1-0.2) |
| Connective tissue disorder | 0.1 (0.1-0.2) | 0.4 (0.3-0.4) | 0.3 (0.3-0.4) |
| Severe liver disease | 0.1 (0.1-0.2) | 0.0 (0.0-0.1) | 0.1 (0.0-0.1) |
| Peptic ulcer | 0.1 (0.1-0.2) | 0.1 (0.1-0.2) | 0.1 (0.1-0.2) |
Values are percentages (95% confidence intervals) unless stated otherwise*
IQ - interquartile range. CCI-Charlson comorbidity index.
* Neuromyalgia and HIV not shown because of very low prevalence (0.01% for each condition).
† Non-parametric K sample test for equality of medians.
‡ Diabetes with or without complications. The prevalence of diabetes with complications was 4.8% (4.5-5.2) in men, 3.3% (3.1-3.5) in women, and 3.7% (3.6-3.9) overall. The prevalence of diabetes without complications was 6.1% (5.7-6.5) in men, 4.0% (3.8-4.3) in women, and 4.7% (4.5-4.9) overall.