Table 1. Prevalence of concordant and discordant multimorbidity and sociodemographic profile of patients with hypertension, diabetes and HIV infection in Agincourt sub-district, South Africa, November 2014 to November 2015 .
| Variable | Index condition, no. (%) of people |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension | Diabetes | HIV infection | |
| Total | 2813 (100) | 512 (100) | 1027 (100) |
| Other conditions | |||
| Cardiometabolic conditionsa (excluding index condition) | 1535 (55) | 465 (91) | 728 (71) |
| Mental disordersb | 615 (22) | 139 (27) | 181 (18) |
| HIV infection | 480 (17) | 77 (15) | NA |
| Age group, years | |||
| 40–49 | 353 (13) | 45 (9) | 306 (30) |
| 50–59 | 757 (27) | 125 (24) | 382 (37) |
| 60–69 | 801 (28) | 165 (32) | 237 (23) |
| 70–79 | 554 (20) | 116 (23) | 89 (9) |
| 80+ | 348 (12) | 61 (12) | 13 (1) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 1194 (42) | 214 (42) | 472 (46) |
| Female | 1619 (58) | 298 (58) | 555 (54) |
| Education | |||
| No formal education | 1333 (47) | 217 (42) | 419 (41) |
| Some primary education (1–7 years) | 987 (35) | 208 (41) | 360 (35) |
| Some secondary education (8–11 years) | 294 (10) | 46 (9) | 160 (16) |
| Completed secondary (12+ years) | 199 (7) | 41 (8) | 88 (9) |
| Country of origin | |||
| South Africa | 1998 (71) | 408 (80) | 672 (65) |
| Mozambique or other | 815 (29) | 104 (20) | 355 (35) |
| Marital status | |||
| Never married | 96 (3) | 19 (4) | 75 (7) |
| Currently married or living with partner | 1457 (52) | 269 (53) | 409 (40) |
| Separated or divorced | 350 (12) | 54 (11) | 207 (20) |
| Widowed | 910 (32) | 170 (33) | 336 (33) |
| Household size | |||
| Living alone | 281 (10) | 49 (10) | 152 (15) |
| Living with 1 other person | 297 (11) | 57 (11) | 107 (10) |
| Living in 3–6 people household | 1348 (48) | 245 (48) | 481 (47) |
| Living in 7+ people household | 887 (32) | 161 (31) | 287 (28) |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed part- or full-time | 397 (14) | 61 (12) | 220 (21) |
| Other | 2416 (86) | 451 (88) | 807 (79) |
| Has limitations in activities of daily living | |||
| No | 2558 (91) | 444 (87) | 964 (94) |
| Yes | 255 (9) | 68 (13) | 63 (6) |
| Wealth index | |||
| Quintile 1 (poorest) | 527 (19) | 62 (12) | 253 (25) |
| Quintile 2 | 545 (19) | 84 (16) | 206 (20) |
| Quintile 3 | 542 (19) | 105 (21) | 213 (21) |
| Quintile 4 | 600 (21) | 121 (24) | 195 (19) |
| Quintile 5 (richest) | 599 (21) | 140 (27) | 160 (16) |
CI: confidence interval; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; NA not applicable.
a Dyslipidaemia, angina, hypertension, diabetes.
b Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol dependence.
Notes: These data are based on a total of 4447 people who were tested for the index conditions during the household interview. Inconsistencies arise in some values due to rounding.