Table 1.
Sample descriptive statistics
| Total sample n = 118 709 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Frequency (n) | Percent (%) | |
| Age group | ||
| 18–44 | 53 680 | 45.2 |
| 45–64 | 37 234 | 31.4 |
| 65–74 | 14 384 | 12.1 |
| 75 and over | 13 411 | 11.3 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 52 781 | 44.5 |
| Female | 65 928 | 55.5 |
| Specific conditions | ||
| Hypertension | 21 224 | 17.9 |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 15 728 | 13.2 |
| Mental† | 16 829 | 14.2 |
| Respiratory‡ | 11 439 | 9.6 |
| Stroke | 1792 | 1.5 |
| Musculoskeletal§ | 17 433 | 14.7 |
| Diabetes | 7066 | 6.0 |
| Cardiovascular¶ | 7334 | 6.2 |
| Renal†† | 1416 | 1.2 |
| Cancer‡‡ | 2950 | 2.5 |
| Disease counts | ||
| 0 | 67 967 | 57.3 |
| 1 | 24 159 | 20.4 |
| 2 | 12 079 | 10.2 |
| 3 or more | 14 504 | 12.2 |
†Includes bipolar, anxiety and depression. ‡Includes asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. §Includes osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and inflammatory arthritis. ¶Includes congestive heart disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, peripheral vascular disease, left ventricular hypertrophy, atrial fibrillation and carotid stenosis. ††Includes renal artery stenosis, acute renal failure, chronic renal failure and renal impairment. ‡‡Includes cancer and multiple myeloma.