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. 2017 May 12;15:18. doi: 10.1186/s12963-017-0136-2

Table 3.

Age-specific changes in incidence of selected chronic conditions, 1995 to 2014

Condition Age group (years) Hazard ratioa (95% CI)
1995-1999 2000-2004 2005-2009 2010-2014
CHD 80-84 Ref. 0.93 (0.88 to 0.98) 0.63 (0.59 to 0.67) 0.54 (0.50 to 0.58)
85-89 Ref. 0.88 (0.82 to 0.94) 0.62 (0.58 to 0.66) 0.55 (0.51 to 0.60)
90-94 Ref. 0.90 (0.82 to 0.99) 0.67 (0.61 to 0.74) 0.59 (0.67 to 0.76)
95-99 Ref. 0.92 (0.78 to 1.10) 0.67 (0.56 to 0.79) 0.70 (0.59 to 0.84)
100+ Ref. 0.78 (0.46 to 1.33) 0.56 (0.32 to 0.96) 1.96 (1.17 to 3.30)
Stroke 80-84 Ref. 0.95 (0.88 to 1.02) 0.80 (0.74 to 0.87) 0.83 (0.76 to 0.90)
85-89 Ref. 0.83 (0.77 to 0.89) 0.68 (0.63 to 0.73) 0.71 (0.66 to 0.77)
90-94 Ref. 0.78 (0.71 to 0.84) 0.63 (0.58 to 0.69) 0.59 (0.54 to 0.65)
95-99 Ref. 0.79 (0.69 to 0.91) 0.56 (0.48 to 0.64) 0.53 (0.46 to 0.62)
100+ Ref. 0.58 (0.40 to 0.85) 0.51 (0.35 to 0.74) 0.44 (0.30 to 0.65)
COPD 80-84 Ref. 0.66 (0.62 to 0.71) 0.63 (0.59 to 0.68) 0.59 (0.54 to 0.64)
85-89 Ref. 0.57 (0.52 to 0.62) 0.52 (0.48 to 0.56) 0.47 (0.43 to 0.52)
90-94 Ref. 0.47 (0.42 to 0.53) 0.35 (0.31 to 0.40) 0.36 (0.32 to 0.41)
95-99 Ref. 0.40 (0.32 to 0.51) 0.28 (0.22 to 0.35) 0.24 (0.18 to 0.30)
100+ Ref. 0.44 (0.23 to 0.86) 0.31 (0.16 to 0.62) 0.15 (0.07 to 0.35)
Cancer 80-84 Ref. 1.08 (1.02 to 1.15) 1.31 (1.24 to 1.39) 1.52 (1.43 to 1.61)
85-89 Ref. 1.07 (1.00 to 1.14) 1.36 (1.28 to 1.45) 1.45 (1.36 to 1.54)
90-94 Ref. 1.15 (1.05 to 1.26) 1.33 (1.22 to 1.45) 1.38 (1.26 to 1.50)
95-99 Ref. 1.08 (0.91 to 1.28) 1.20 (1.02 to 1.42) 1.44 (1.22 to 1.70)
100+ Ref. 0.87 (0.46 to 1.63) 1.17 (0.65 to 2.12) 1.69 (0.95 to 3.00)
Diabetes mellitusb 80-84 Ref. 1.62 (1.46 to 1.78) 2.02 (1.83 to 2.23) 2.18 (1.96 to 2.42)
85-89 Ref. 2.45 (2.01 to 2.99) 3.65 (3.02 to 4.41) 5.41 (4.47 to 6.53)

CI confidence interval

aAdjusted for time and sex

bNo incident diabetes events over 90 years of age