Table 1.
Subject characteristics by multimorbidity status, using pooled data
| Multimorbidity status (n = 41 557) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 NCDs |
1 NCD |
2 NCDs |
3 NCDs |
4 NCDs |
5 NCDs |
≥6 NCDs |
|
|
N (row %) |
26 600 (64.01) |
7077 (17.03) |
3711 (8.93) |
2102 (5.06) |
1167 (2.81) |
511 (1.23) |
394 (0.95) |
|
Gender (%): | |||||||
| Male |
49.19 |
56.38 |
45.18 |
35.82 |
44.03 |
50.49 |
43.20 |
| Female |
50.81 |
43.62 |
54.82 |
64.18 |
55.97 |
49.51 |
56.80 |
|
Marital status (%): | |||||||
| Not married |
21.19 |
16.35 |
22.50 |
34.23 |
27.56 |
38.32 |
43.95 |
| Married |
78.81 |
83.65 |
77.50 |
65.77 |
72.44 |
61.68 |
56.05 |
|
Age (mean, in years) |
41.48 |
45.82 |
54.18 |
58.35 |
61.33 |
62.07 |
61.82 |
|
Education level (%): | |||||||
| No schooling |
18.22 |
13.44 |
18.32 |
20.94 |
18.36 |
18.61 |
23.26 |
| Primary or lower |
22.48 |
26.60 |
24.44 |
23.69 |
21.00 |
18.93 |
11.58 |
| Secondary |
21.95 |
25.65 |
19.12 |
19.79 |
14.24 |
21.13 |
15.77 |
| Tertiary or higher |
37.35 |
34.31 |
38.11 |
35.58 |
46.40 |
41.33 |
49.40 |
|
Wealth quintile (%): | |||||||
| Q1 (lowest) |
15.24 |
13.20 |
11.82 |
18.10 |
13.08 |
12.78 |
19.03 |
| Q2 |
18.03 |
17.10 |
18.41 |
18.14 |
17.17 |
22.58 |
12.90 |
| Q3 |
18.81 |
18.91 |
17.79 |
19.77 |
20.96 |
20.39 |
37.88 |
| Q4 |
20.12 |
23.29 |
26.37 |
20.69 |
23.46 |
23.07 |
12.53 |
| Q5 (highest) |
27.79 |
27.50 |
25.61 |
23.29 |
25.34 |
21.18 |
17.66 |
|
Location (%) | |||||||
| Rural |
56.08 |
54.60 |
50.80 |
47.44 |
49.09 |
39.11 |
38.32 |
| Urban |
43.92 |
45.40 |
49.20 |
52.56 |
50.91 |
60.98 |
61.68 |
|
Insurance (%) | |||||||
| No insurance |
72.95 |
66.22 |
47.75 |
44.63 |
35.95 |
43.25 |
39.70 |
| With insurance (mandatory/voluntary) | 27.05 | 33.78 | 52.25 | 55.37 | 64.05 | 56.75 | 60.30 |
NCD – non-communicable disease