. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 13.

Published in final edited form as: Fam Community Health. 2013 Jan-Mar;36(1):51–62. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e31826d7620

Table 3.

Prevalence of Diagnosed Chronic Illness Among Caregivers Compared With Approximate Prevalence in the General US Adult Population (>18 years) (N = 39)

	% of Study Population	% of Detroit Population⁴²	% of Michigan Population⁴²	%of US Population
Arthritis	28	31.6	31.9	22⁴³
Asthma (lifetime)	41	18.0	15.8	13⁴⁴
Chronic pain	36	-^a	-^a	5–20^45,46
Depression	43	12.1	9.6	9⁴⁷
Diabetes	18	16.7	10.1	11⁴⁴
Frequent headaches	49	-^a	-^a	10⁴⁸
Hypertension	28	39.3	30.4	33⁴⁴

No known data sources are available to calculate this prevalence rate.