Table 2.

Prevalence of 20 common diseases in Taiwan, by age group and year

Disease	Year	Patients with condition, n (prevalence, %)	Prevalence of each disease, by age group (%)
			20–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+
Hypertension	2003	126 651 (10.42)	0.22	1.38	6.31	17.11	29.91	42.36	43.26	28.78
	2013	260 198 (18.20)*	0.43	2.38	9.54	22.91	39.64	55.39	61.71	56.64
Diabetes	2003	56 627 (4.66)	0.20	0.77	3.00	8.51	14.04	16.31	12.51	5.86
	2013	126 991 (8.88)*	0.35	1.27	4.50	11.47	21.10	26.39	25.23	18.38
Congestive heart failure	2003	44 622 (3.67)	0.06	0.38	1.80	5.35	10.43	17.25	19.95	15.88
	2013	71 026 (4.97)*	0.09	0.45	1.87	4.99	10.10	17.19	24.78	28.24
Coronary syndrome	2003	35 539 (2.92)	0.04	0.25	1.19	3.98	8.75	14.82	16.05	11.20
	2013	60 367 (4.22)*	0.05	0.27	1.43	4.19	9.38	15.29	19.72	18.86
Cardiac dysrhythmias	2003	14 337 (1.18)	0.14	0.31	0.69	1.47	2.89	5.24	6.67	5.29
	2013	29 098 (2.04)*	0.18	0.32	0.83	1.79	3.76	6.95	10.88	12.69
Peripheral vascular disease	2003	14 873 (1.22)	0.07	0.13	0.44	1.23	3.34	7.10	8.70	4.78
	2013	28 562 (2.00)*	0.08	0.17	0.48	1.45	3.92	8.66	11.34	9.89
Cerebrovascular disease	2003	28 098 (2.31)	0.14	0.25	0.86	2.74	6.59	12.09	15.26	11.51
	2013	56 770 (3.97)*	0.18	0.38	1.12	3.24	7.82	15.35	22.51	23.85
Chronic pulmonary disease	2003	37 897 (3.12)	0.78	1.32	1.95	3.46	7.25	12.22	15.14	12.85
	2013	50 705 (3.55)*	0.74	1.26	1.80	3.02	5.77	10.73	17.17	21.15
Renal disease	2003	13 999 (1.15)	0.18	0.34	0.77	1.57	2.80	4.54	5.07	3.44
	2013	38 748 (2.71)*	0.18	0.44	1.06	2.44	5.19	9.64	13.79	14.13
Liver disease	2003	43 555 (3.58)	1.39	2.58	4.03	5.53	6.23	5.44	3.41	1.64
	2013	71 015 (4.97)*	0.79	2.88	5.13	7.28	8.56	8.05	5.69	4.03
Dementia	2003	5194 (0.43)	0.10	0.12	0.17	0.27	0.72	2.24	5.06	6.27
	2013	18 869 (1.32)*	0.13	0.19	0.30	0.51	1.27	4.89	12.77	20.54
Other neurological disorders	2003	124 029 (10.20)	4.25	6.84	9.44	13.12	18.24	24.21	26.53	17.78
	2013	217 307 (15.20)*	6.54	10.37	13.29	16.90	21.42	29.04	33.85	31.03
Digestive disorders	2003	152 161 (12.52)	6.81	8.54	11.19	14.94	21.03	29.22	32.39	25.95
	2013	227 327 (15.90)*	8.41	11.15	13.40	17.09	22.01	29.06	35.24	37.48
Osteoporosis	2003	14 732 (1.21)	0.09	0.13	0.49	2.04	3.59	5.02	6.08	5.45
	2013	17 026 (1.19)	0.07	0.11	0.23	0.74	2.10	5.23	7.67	9.15
Arthritis (including rheumatoid arthritis)	2003	149 434 (12.29)	3.87	6.34	11.05	18.01	25.54	31.95	30.18	19.63
	2013	226 844 (15.87)*	4.18	7.28	12.01	19.46	27.70	37.45	37.03	29.30
Anxiety, dissociative and somatoform disorders	2003	52 029 (4.28)	1.27	2.48	4.17	6.34	8.48	9.99	9.49	5.91
	2013	89 053 (6.23)*	1.69	3.45	5.82	8.00	10.29	11.91	11.18	8.44
Bipolar disorder	2003	8251 (0.68)	0.44	0.59	0.72	0.84	0.89	1.03	0.89	0.51
	2013	15 439 (1.08)*	0.51	0.80	1.25	1.30	1.44	1.50	1.32	0.92
Depression	2003	11 630 (0.96)	0.64	0.82	0.97	1.14	1.27	1.51	1.61	1.13
	2013	24 712 (1.73)*	0.86	1.30	1.89	2.00	2.24	2.52	2.59	2.25
Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders	2003	7472 (0.61)	0.48	0.80	0.74	0.57	0.43	0.40	0.55	0.51
	2013	11 624 (0.81)*	0.42	0.82	1.10	1.00	0.77	0.65	0.55	0.67
Cancer	2003	37 438 (3.08)	1.26	2.22	3.77	4.11	4.47	5.50	5.46	2.93
	2013	83 065 (5.81)*	1.36	2.97	5.68	7.22	9.19	11.54	12.57	12.16

*P<0.05 compared with prevalence in 2003 using χ² tests.