Table 1.
Comorbidity proportions between defined non-communicable and infectious diseases
| Disease II | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease I | IHD | HTN | Stroke | DM I | DM II | All Cancer | COPD | Asthma | Malaria | TB | HIV and AIDS | |
| IHD | - | - | - | - | - | 1.79 % | - | - | - | - | ||
| HTN | 19 % | 23.08 % | 21.21 % | - | 1.12 % | 5.36 % | 10.12 % | - | 4.17 % | - | ||
| Stroke | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| DM I | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.40 % | - | - | - | ||
| DM II | 6.33 % | 5.36 % | - | 0.00 % | 1.12 % | 1.79 % | 1.62 % | - | - | - | ||
| All Cancer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| COPD | 1.79 % | - | - | - | - | - | 6.07 % | - | - | - | ||
| Asthma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.08 % | - | ||
| Malaria | 5.06 % | 8.80 % | 11.54 % | - | 4.51 % | 4.49 % | 19.64 % | 17.41 % | 29.17 % | 14.43 % | ||
| TB | - | - | - | - | - | 4 % | - | - | - | 6 % | ||
| HIV and AIDS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 % | ||
Note. IHD ischaemic heart disease, HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, TB tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome