Table 4.

Most prevalent multimorbidity patterns in 2010, by age group and sex (N = 1,356,761)

			Pairs		Triplets
Sex	Age groups (years)	n	Chronic conditions	%	Chronic conditions	%
Women	19-24	52,222	Anxiety disorder/anxiety state & Acne	0.9	Anxiety disorder/anxiety state & Acne & Depressive disorder	0.1
	25-44	276,275	Anxiety disorder/anxiety state & Depressive disorder	1.9	Anxiety disorder/anxiety state & Depressive disorder & Obesity	0.2
	45-64	209,969	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder	10.1	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder & Obesity	3.5
	65-79	105,682	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder	36.0	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder & Obesity	11.6
	80+	47,498	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder	37.7	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder & Diabetes (non-insulin dependent)	11.2
Men	19-24	54,094	Acne & Asthma	0.7	Acquired deformity of spine & Asthma & Acne	0.1
	25-44	297,127	Lipid disorder & Obesity	1.1	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder & Obesity	0.3
	45-64	200,261	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder	12.3	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder & Diabetes (non-insulin dependent)	3.4
	65-79	87,504	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder	29.7	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder & Diabetes (non-insulin dependent)	10.8
	80+	26,129	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder	26.9	Hypertension, uncomplicated & Lipid disorder & Benign prostatic hypertrophy	10.9

Data are expressed as percentage.

Abbreviation: n total number of patients in each stratum.