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 (age ≥20 years) in swiss primary care stratified by age- and gender
| |
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 |
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].