Table 1.
Estimated prevalence of multimorbidity within quintiles of deprivation index and strata of number of visits in 2010, stratified by sex and age group (N = 1,356,761)
| |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
19-24 years |
25-44 years |
45-64 years |
65-79 years |
80+ years |
| n = 52,222 (MM: 19.6%) | n = 276,275 (MM: 30.0%) | n = 209,969 (MM: 64.4%) | n = 105,682 (MM: 91.2%) | n = 47,498 (MM: 93.3%) | |
| Deprivation index |
|
|
|
|
|
| Least deprived |
15.7 |
25.0 |
56.5 |
87.7 |
90.9 |
| Q2 |
18.5 |
28.4 |
62.0 |
90.3 |
93.2 |
| Q3 |
20.6 |
30.8 |
66.0 |
91.8 |
93.2 |
| Q4 |
20.9 |
31.8 |
68.7 |
92.8 |
94.6 |
| Most deprived |
21.8 |
34.1 |
70.6 |
93.3 |
95.2 |
| Number of visits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Median (IQR) |
6 (3–10) |
6 (3–11) |
8 (4–13) |
11 (7–18) |
14 (8–23) |
| 0 |
6.8 |
10.5 |
19.9 |
33.5 |
45.1 |
| 1-2 |
13.0 |
21.3 |
46.4 |
70.2 |
75.8 |
| 3-5 |
20.3 |
31.0 |
64.9 |
86.8 |
89.7 |
| 6-10 |
29.1 |
44.0 |
79.3 |
94.5 |
95.3 |
| ≥11 |
41.8 |
61.3 |
90.8 |
98.4 |
98.0 |
| |
Men |
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| |
19-24 years |
25-44 years |
45-64 years |
65-79 years |
80+ years |
| |
n = 54,094 (MM: 13.3%) |
n = 297,127 (MM: 19.9%) |
n = 200,261 (MM: 54.7%) |
n = 87,504 (MM: 88.0%) |
n = 26,129 (MM: 93.0%) |
| Deprivation index |
|
|
|
|
|
| Least deprived |
11.6 |
17.4 |
49.3 |
84.4 |
91.0 |
| Q2 |
11.8 |
19.3 |
53.9 |
87.5 |
92.6 |
| Q3 |
14.4 |
20.3 |
55.8 |
88.3 |
93.4 |
| Q4 |
14.2 |
20.8 |
57.7 |
89.6 |
94.2 |
| Most deprived |
14.0 |
21.1 |
57.6 |
90.0 |
93.8 |
| Number of visits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Median (IQR) |
4 (1–8) |
5 (2–9) |
6 (3–11) |
11 (6–17) |
14 (8–23) |
| 0 |
5.7 |
7.2 |
18.0 |
31.9 |
38.3 |
| 1-2 |
11.0 |
15.9 |
42.7 |
65.4 |
73.1 |
| 3-5 |
16.3 |
25.1 |
61.2 |
83.5 |
88.0 |
| 6-10 |
24.0 |
36.5 |
76.1 |
92.7 |
95.1 |
| ≥11 | 33.8 | 54.2 | 88.3 | 97.4 | 97.7 |
Abbreviations: n total number of patients in each stratum, MM multimorbidity, Qi quintiles of deprivation (Q1, least deprived to Q5, most deprived); IQR interquartile range.
Data are expressed as percentage, unless otherwise stated.