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. 2015 Jul;15(7):810–818. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00056-0

Table 2.

Incidence of newly diagnosed, routinely collected serious comorbidities by age group and sex

Incidence in men per 1000 person-years Incidence in women per 1000 person-years
Diabetes mellitus
<30 years 0·5 (0·1–2·0) 3·0 (1·5–5·3)
30–40 years 2·5 (1·9–3·3) 3·8 (2·6–5·3)
40–50 years 4·4 (3·7–5·2) 5·7 (3·9–8·1)
50–60 years 7·2 (5·9–8·8) 7·2 (3·6–12·9)
≥60 years 11·7 (9·0–15·1) 13·6 (6·2–25·8)
Hypercholesterolaemia
<30 years 25·8 (20·0–32·7) 36·5 (25·8–50·1)
30–40 years 34·3 (31·1–37·7) 38·0 (31·4–45·6)
40–50 years 59·2 (55·4–63·1) 50·9 (42·4–60·6)
50–60 years 82·6 (76·0–89·5) 116·4 (94·7–141·5)
≥60 years 117·3 (104·6–131·2) 130·8 (98·9–170·0)
Hypertension
<30 years 19·3 (14·3–25·4) 20·1 (13·2–31·9)
30–40 years 25·8 (23·0–28·8) 18·8 (14·2–24·5)
40–50 years 39·7 (36·5–43·0) 43·4 (35·2–52·9)
50–60 years 57·8 (52·1–63·9) 58·1 (41·3–79·5)
≥60 years 72·3 (61·8–84·1) 69·5 (45·4–101·8)
Malignancy
<30 years 1·4 (0·4–3·2) 0·3 (0·0–1·5)
30–40 years 2·3 (1·7–3·1) 1·9 (1·1–3·1)
40–50 years 5·1 (4·3–6·0) 5·2 (3·5–7·5)
50–60 years 9·6 (8·1–11·3) 6·5 (3·1–11·9)
≥60 years 18·5 (15·0–22·6) 9·9 (4·0–20·4)
Myocardial infarction
<30 years 0·0 (0·0–1·2) 0·0 (0·0–1·1)
30–40 years 0·7 (0·4–1·3) 0·5 (0·1–1·4)
40–50 years 2·8 (2·2–3·5) 0·9 (0·3–2·2)
50–60 years 5·6 (4·4–7·0) 0·0 (0·0–2·4)
≥60 years 8·9 (6·5–12·0) 7·5 (2·4–17·5)
Osteoporosis
<30 years 0·4 (0·0–2·2) 0·7 (0·1–2·5)
30–40 years 0·8 (0·4–1·5) 0·5 (0·1–1·3)
40–50 years 2·6 (2·0–3·4) 2·9 (1·6–4·8)
50–60 years 3·7 (2·7–4·9) 10·9 (6·1–17·9)
≥60 years 5·8 (3·8–8·3) 16·5 (7·9–30·4)
Chronic kidney disease
<30 years 2·8 (1·1–5·7) 2·4 (1·0–5·0)
30–40 years 3·5 (2·6–4·7) 2·1 (1·2–3·6)
40–50 years 4·7 (3·8–5·6) 6·2 (4·2–8·9)
50–60 years 8·4 (6·8–10·1) 14·8 (9·0–22·8)
≥60 years 17·7 (14·1–21·9) 11·4 (4·6–23·4)
Stroke
<30 years 1·0 (0·2–2·9) 0·6 (0·1–2·1)
30–40 years 0·9 (0·5–1·5) 1·2 (0·5–2·3)
40–50 years 1·4 (1·0–1·9) 1·9 (0·9–3·5)
50–60 years 3·2 (2·4–4·3) 2·7 (0·7–6·8)
≥60 years 7·4 (5·2–10·2) 7·4 (2·4–17·3)

Data are incidence (95% CI). Incidence data for all NCDs, except hypercholesterolaemia and hypertension, are from the Monitoring report 2011.23 Hypercholesterolaemia and hypertension were calculated from the ATHENA data, with the same method as used in the report. NCD=non-communicable disease.