Table 2.

Number of patients and prevalence of multimorbidity

Age groups	All patients contacting the PHCCA			Patients with multimorbidity (number and %)
	All	Men	Women	All	%	Men	%	Women	%
<1–19	61,033	30,982	30,051	6,157	10	3,156	10	3,001	10
20–29	34,255	15,950	18,305	8,250	24	3,174	20	5,076	28
30–39	33,291	16,310	16,981	11,077	33	4,480	27	6,597	39
40–49	27,619	13,498	14,121	12,934	47	5,406	40	7,528	53
50–59	25,300	12,398	12,902	14,657	58	6,456	52	8,201	64
60–69	19,159	9,351	9,808	11,955	62	5,578	60	6,377	65
70–79	11,166	5,197	5,969	7,637	68	3,440	66	4,197	70
80+	9,999	4,103	5,896	5,493	55	2,275	55	3,218	55
Total	221,822	107,789	114,033	78,160	35	33,965	32	44,195	39

All patients contacting the Primary Health Care of the Capital Area (PHCCA) during a period of 4 years (1 Jan 2009 to 31 Dec 2012) and prevalence of multimorbidity according to age and sex