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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Registry Manag. 2013 Winter;40(4):159–164.

Table 1.

List of Comorbidity Conditions (N = 60,497)

Numbers Comorbidity Prevalence %
1 Congestive heart failure 1,465 2.42
2 Valvular disease 1,752 2.90
3 Pulmonary circulation disorders 215 0.36
4 Peripheral vascular disorders 1,304 2.16
5 Hypertension, uncomplicated
Hypertension, complicated
Hypertension, complicated
25,589 42.30
6 Paralysis 279 0.46
7 Other neurological disorders 924 1.53
8 Chronic pulmonary disease 5,528 9.14
9 Diabetes, uncomplicated 6,331 10.46
10 Diabetes, complicated 412 0.68
11 Hypothyroidism 1,572 2.60
12 Renal failure 1,350 2.23
13 Liver disease 314 0.52
14 Peptic ulcer disease excluding bleeding 188 0.31
15 AIDS 40 0.07
16 Lymphomia 357 0.59
17 Metastatic cancer 2,706 4.47
18 Solid tumor without metastasis 3,410 5.64
19 Rheumatoid arthritis/collagen vascular diseases 300 0.50
20 Coagulopathy 851 1.41
21 Obesity 1,230 2.03
22 Weight loss 527 0.87
23 Fluid and electrolyte disorders 3,692 6.10
24 Chronic blood loss anemia 516 85
25 Deficiency anemias 3,304 5.46
26 Alcohol abuse 545 0.90
27 Drug abuse 63 0.10
28 Psychosis 390 0.64
29 Depression 1,240 2.05
30* Endocrine disorders, nutritional and metabolic, immunity 11,667 19.29
31* Ischemic heart disease 8,385 13.86
32* Digestive system disease 9,211 15.23
33* Genitourinary system disease 14,761 24.40
34* Injury and poisoning 4,937 8.16
35* Respiratory disorders 2,887 4.77
36* Infection 2,502 4.14
37* Other circulatory disease 2,027 3.35
38* Benign neoplasm and in-situ cancer 2,211 3.65
39* Other nervous system and sense organs disorders 1,916 3.17
40* Skin and subcutaneous tissue disease 958 1.58
41* Muscularskeletal and connective tissue disease 7,109 11.75
42* Other mental disorders 873 1.44
43* Other anemias 825 1.36
44* Congenital anomalies 276 0.46
45* Brain and other neurological disorders 525 0.87
*

Additional comorbidity not in Elixhauser that were identified from the dataset.