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. 2014 Mar 26;15:55. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-55

Table 2.

Multimorbidity prevalence and acute diseases, area of residency and visits according to multimorbidity status stratified by sex and age groups

 
Female
 
19-24
25-44
45-64
65-79
≥80
 
MM
Non-MM
MM
Non-MM
MM
Non-MM
MM
Non-MM
MM
Non-MM
  n = 12,804 (19.0%) n = 54,700 (81.0%) n = 105,463 (29.4%) n = 253,771 (70.6%) n = 167,778 (63.3%) n = 97,089 (36.7%) n = 119,528 (90.2%) n = 13,021 (9.8%) n = 58,533 (92.1%) n = 5,021 (7.9%)
Number of acute diseases
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Median (IQR)
1 (0–2)
0 (0–1)
1 (0–2)
0 (0–1)
1 (0-2)
0 (0–1)
1 (0–1)
0 (0–0)
0 (0–1)
0 (0–0)
0
36.4
55.3
40.2
60.3
44.8
68.2
47.7
78.0
51.5
82.3
1
26.8
23.7
27.1
22.3
27.6
19.4
27.4
14.9
26.2
12.3
2
16.9
11.6
16.1
10.2
14.7
7.8
13.7
4.9
12.7
3.7
≥3
19.9
9.4
16.6
7.2
12.9
4.6
11.2
2.3
9.7
1.8
Living in a rural area
14.4
14.9
15.3
15.1
15.4
16.7
15.4
17.6
18.4
18.7
Number of visits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Median (IQR)
6 (3–10)
2 (0–5)
6 (3–11)
2 (0–5)
8 (4–13)
2 (0–5)
11 (7–18)
2 (0–5)
14 (8–24)
1 (0–7)
0
8.8
28.4
9.8
34.2
5.8
38.3
2.6
38.9
3.0
40.4
1-2
15.4
24.4
14.7
22.9
10.4
21.6
4.4
18.6
4.2
16.2
3-5
25.0
23.6
23.1
21.5
20.5
20.1
11.9
18.0
9.1
14.0
6-10
27.1
15.8
26.7
14.5
28.7
13.5
26.5
15.5
20.4
13.4
≥11
23.6
7.8
25.7
6.9
34.6
6.4
54.7
9.0
63.4
16.0
 
Male
 
19-24
25-44
45-64
65-79
≥80
 
MM
Non-MM
MM
Non-MM
MM
Non-MM
MM
Non-MM
MM
Non-MM
 
n = 8,916 (12.9%)
n = 60,373 (87.1%)
n = 75,556 (19.5%)
n = 311,124 (80.5%)
n = 139,776 (54.0%)
n = 119,008 (46.0%)
n = 97,044 (86.9%)
n = 14,584 (13.1%)
n = 32,773 (92.0%)
n = 2,948 (8.0%)
Number of acute diseases
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Median (IQR)
1 (0–1)
0 (0–1)
0 (0–1)
0 (0–1)
0 (0–1)
0 (0–1)
0 (0–1)
0 (0–0)
0 (0–1)
0 (0–0)
0
49.0
64.6
50.8
68.1
55.3
74.0
53.2
76.4
52.0
78.9
1
26.1
21.7
26.4
20.0
26.0
17.3
26.9
16.0
27.1
13.7
2
13.7
8.4
12.8
7.6
11.3
5.9
12.0
5.3
11.9
4.6
≥3
11.1
5.2
10.0
4.4
7.4
2.8
8.0
2.3
8.9
2.8
Living in a rural area
15.0
15.1
15.6
15.3
17.3
17.5
16.7
18.8
21.3
21.5
Number of visits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Median (IQR)
4 (1–8)
1 (0–4)
5 (2–9)
1 (0–3)
6 (3–12)
1 (0–3)
11 (6–17)
2 (0–6)
14 (8–24)
2 (0–8)
0
15.0
38.7
14.2
43.8
8.9
46.1
2.8
36.0
2.3
35.2
1-2
21.6
26.3
18.4
24.0
13.4
21.7
5.3
19.4
3.5
16.3
3-5
26.1
19.8
24.4
18.0
22.1
17.1
13.4
18.8
8.8
15.5
6-10
22.5
10.8
23.2
10.0
26.9
10.3
28.1
16.1
20.8
14.2
≥11 14.8 4.4 19.8 4.2 28.7 4.7 50.4 9.7 64.5 18.8

Abbreviations: MM multimorbidity, IQR interquartile range. Data are expressed as percentage, unless otherwise stated.