Table 1.
Socio-demographic distribution and percentage of mulitmorbidity
| Characteristics | Public (n = 849) | Private(n = 800) | Total (n = 1649) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted(%) [95%CI] | Multimorbidity % [95%CI] | Weighted% [95%CI] | Multimorbidity % [95%CI] | Weighted% [95%CI] | Multimorbidity% [95%CI] | |
| Age Groupa | ||||||
| 18–29 | 23.4 [20.4–26.3] | 7.1 [3.5-10.6] | 21.2 [18.2–24.3] | 3.4 [0.7–6.13] | 22.6 [20.4–24.7] | 5.8 [2.0–9.6] |
| 30–39 | 17.9 [15.2–20.6] | 23.7 [16.9–30.5] | 18.4 [15.4–21.4] | 18.6 [12.2–24.9] | 18.1 [16.1–20.1] | 22.2 [15.1–29.4] |
| 40–49 | 20.1 [17.3–22.9] | 30.3 [23.4–37.3] | 20.1 [17.9–24.0] | 22.5 [16.3–28.6] | 20.5 [18.4–22.5] | 24.3 [17.7–30.9] |
| 50–59 | 16.3 [13.7–18.8] | 43.5 [35.2–51.8] | 17.4 [14.5–20.4] | 35.9 [27.6–44.3] | 16.7 [14.8–18.7] | 36.2 [27.9–44.5] |
| 60–69 | 14.8 [12.4–17.3] | 47.2 [38.5–55.9] | 14.0 [11.4–16.7] | 34.8 [25.9–43.9] | 14.6 [12.7–16.4] | 36.9 [28.1–45.8] |
| > =70 | 7.4 [5.6–9.2] | 54.5 [42.4–66.6] | 7.7 [5.8–9.7] | 35.4 [23.6–47.1] | 7.5 [6.2–8.9] | 44.4 [33.0–55.8] |
| Gendera | ||||||
| Male | 54.6 [51.1–58.0] | 27.0 [25.7–28.4] | 57.6 [53.8–61.3] | 26.5 [25.2–27.8] | 55.8 [53.2–58.3] | 25.1 [22.1–28.0] |
| Female | 45.4 [41.9–48.9] | 25.5 [23.9–26.7] | 42.4 [38.6–46.1] | 26.9 [25.3–28.4] | 44.2 [41.6–46.8] | 32.5 [29.0–35.9] |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Aboriginal | 30.3 [27.1–33.5] | 26.5 [26.2–26.9] | 24.5 [21.3–27.6] | 26.5 [26.0–26.9] | 28.0 [25.7–30.3] | 27.7 [26.3–29.2] |
| Nonaboriginal | 69.7 [66.5–72.9] | 26.6 [26.3–26.8] | 75.5 [72.4–78.6] | 26.3 [26.1–26.6] | 71.4 [69.7–74.3] | 28.5 [27.6–29.4] |
| Socio Economic Status | ||||||
| Below Poverty Line | 61.8 [58.4–65.2] | 26.4 [26.1–26.7] | 61.2 [57.5–65.0] | 26.6 [26.3–26.9] | 61.6 [59.1–64.1] | 28.8 [27.8–29.7] |
| Above Poverty Line | 38.2 [34.7–41.6] | 26.3 [25.9–26.7] | 38.7 [35.0–42.5] | 26.5 [26.2–26.9] | 38.4 [35.8–40.9] | 27.5 [26.2–28.8] |
| Highest Education | ||||||
| No Schooling | 36.9 [33.5–40.3] | 27.5 [27.1–27.8] | 40.7 [36.9–44.4] | 27.1 [26.7–27.5] | 38.1 [35.8–40.9] | 35.0 [33.7–36.3] |
| Primary | 32.4 [29.1–35.6] | 26.2 [25.8–26.6] | 28.2 [24.8–31.5] | 26.2 [25.7–26.6] | 30.7 [28.3–33.1] | 28.3 [27.1–29.5] |
| Secondary and above | 30.7 [27.5–33.9] | 25.8 [25.5–26.2] | 31.1 [27.5–34.7] | 25.6 [25.2–26.0] | 31.1 [28.5–33.3] | 20.1 [19.6–21.1] |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Single | 20.5 [17.7–23.4] | 27.1 [26.6–27.6] | 19.6 [16.6–22.6] | 26.8 [26.3–27.3] | 20.2 [18.1–22.2] | 29.3 [28.5–30.1] |
| Married | 79.4 [76.6–82.3] | 26.4 [26.2–26.7] | 80.4 [77.4–83.4] | 26.3 [26.0–26.5] | 79.8 [77.7–82.0] | 24.3 [22.0–26.6] |
| Total | 849 [100] | 30.7 [27.4–33.9] | 800 [100] | 24.6 [21.3–28.0] | 1649 [100] | 28.3 [25.9–30.7] |
aThe prevalence of multimorbidity across age-group was adjusted for sex, and across sex was adjusted for age; for others prevalence was adjusted for age and sex