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. 2018 Apr 5;15:E39. doi: 10.5888/pcd15.170475

Table 4. Number of Newspaper, Wire Service, and Magazine Stories That Mention Self-Management, by Chronic Condition, 2010–2016.

Condition Number of Self-Management Mentionsa
Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Diabetes 4,297 502 548 685 653 728 669 512
Cancer 1,632 219 197 291 226 280 231 188
Chronic disease 1,464 166 187 221 225 252 217 196
Depression 956 124 118 151 141 160 133 129
Breast cancerb 933 184 89 124 150 165 130 91
Stroke 718 93 73 106 113 135 108 91
Arthritis 700 89 89 101 117 122 106 76
Asthma 400 56 44 66 56 81 60 37
Dementia 370 16 45 63 18 124 45 59
Hypertension 290 30 38 35 51 65 33 38
Autism 279 44 50 28 42 44 44 27
COPD 220 11 27 44 43 38 25 32
HIV 212 28 31 33 32 33 28 27
Osteoporosis 187 29 20 24 38 32 22 22
Chronic heart failure 105 10 10 13 25 22 18 7
Alcoholismb 84 6 4 16 11 26 16 6
Chronic kidney disease 75 17 1 3 9 32 9 4
Hepatitis 63 1 10 11 12 8 13 8
Autism spectrum disorder 49 3 4 5 11 9 11 6
Schizophrenia 47 7 7 6 8 5 2 12
Coronary artery disease 26 2 9 4 3 1 4 3
Hyperlipidemia 12 4 1 0 2 3 2 1
Cardiac arrhythmia 8 1 2 0 0 0 5 2
Substance abuse disorder 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 13,128 1,642 1,604 2,030 1,986 2,366 1,931 1,574

Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.

a

Numbers are from the PROQUEST database (www.proquest.com).

b

Breast cancer added (to compare with cancer) and alcoholism added (to compare with substance abuse disorder) to assess using differing terms.