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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2017 Jan 16;30(4):641–664. doi: 10.1177/0898264316687623

Table 2. Morbidity Rates in NHATS sample.

Female (N=4076) Male (N=2950)
NHATS Morbidities
Heart Attack 11.77% 19.63%
Heart Disease 16.21% 20.29%
High Blood Pressure (HBP) 69.32% 63.67%
Arthritis 62.90% 45.45%
Osteoporosi 30.49% 5.37%
Diabetes 23.93% 27.13%
Lung Disease 16.39% 13.67%
Stroke 10.31% 10.79%
Dementia or Alzheimer's 2.90% 2.37%
Cancer 22.71% 29.93%
Most Common Multimorbidities
Arthritis & HBP 46.63% 31.58%
Diabetes & HBP 20.28% 21.13%
Cancer & HBP 16.92% 20.34%
Arthritis & Cancer 16.62% 14.60%
Arthritis & Diabetes 15.33% 13.38%
Arthritis, Diabetes, & HBP 14.83% 10.85%
Arthritis, Cancer, & HBP 11.55% 10.30%
Arthritis, Diabetes, Heart Disease, & HBP 3.94% 4.12%
Arthritis, Cancer, Diabetes, & HBP 3.13% 3.37%
Arthritis, Heart Disease, Cancer, & HBP 2.59% 2.83%