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. 2013 Oct 3;13:918. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-918

Table 2.

Population with multimorbidity (two or more chronic diseases) by age, sex and deprivation index quintile

All    
Deprivation index
All
1
2
3
4
5
66.11% (65.97-66.25) 60.22% (59.91-60.54) 65.33% (65.03-65.64) 67.63% (67.33-67.94) 67.86% (67.56-68.16) 69.94% (69.64-70.25)
Sex
Age group (years)
Male
65-69
54.94% (54.53-55.35)
49.18% (48.30-50.07)
54.93% (54.04-55.83)
56.69% (55.78-57.59)
56.55% (55.65-57.45)
58.13% (57.16-59.10)
70-74
64.69% (64.23-65.15)
59.38% (58.32-60.44)
64.41% (63.39-65.44)
66.80% (65.78-67.82)
66.10% (65.11-67.09)
66.74% (65.71-67.76)
75-79
72.49% (72.07-72.92)
67.57% (66.53-68.61)
71.54% (70.57-72.50)
73.89% (72.95-74.83)
74.16% (73.26-75.06)
74.85% (73.92-75.77)
80-84
76.77% (76.29-77.25)
73.59% (72.45-74.72)
77.04% (75.99-78.08)
78.48% (77.43-79.53)
77.00% (75.97-78.04)
77.69% (76.61-78.76)
85+
70.74% (70.13-71.35)
67.13% (65.78-68.49)
71.60% (70.28-72.91)
71.34% (69.98-72.70)
72.18% (70.83-73.52)
71.84% (70.41-73.27)
All
66.06% (65.85-66.27)
60.86% (60.37-61.34)
65.93% (65.46-66.40)
67.61% (67.14-68.07)
67.52% (67.06-67.98)
68.54% (68.06-69.01)
Sex
Age group (years)
Female 65-69
53.55% (53.16-53.94)
46.12% (45.28-46.96)
51.87% (51.00-52.74)
55.35% (54.47-56.23)
55.93% (55.06-56.81)
59.84% (58.93-60.74)
70-74
62.92% (62.49-63.35)
55.55% (54.55-56.54)
60.71% (59.73-61.68)
64.34% (63.38-65.31)
65.68% (64.75-66.61)
68.17% (67.25-69.10)
75-79
70.99% (70.61-71.37)
64.71% (63.80-65.61)
69.04% (68.17-69.90)
72.55% (71.70-73.39)
72.80% (71.99-73.62)
75.59% (74.79-76.38)
80-84
76.16% (75.77-76.55)
70.40% (69.48-71.32)
75.27% (74.39-76.15)
78.07% (77.20-78.94)
77.80% (76.94-78.66)
79.64% (78.81-80.47)
85+
70.66% (70.25-71.06)
66.11% (65.25-66.96)
71.02% (70.15-71.90)
71.95% (71.04-72.87)
72.00% (71.07-72.93)
73.66% (72.73-74.60)
All 66.15% (65.97-66.33) 59.78% (59.37-60.19) 64.89% (64.48-65.30) 67.65% (67.25-68.06) 68.12% (67.72-68.53) 70.96% (70.57-71.36)

Percentage (95% CI) Differences statistically significant among Deprivation Index groups (P < 0.0001).