Table 1.
Characteristics of Ontario population by multimorbidity status (3+ chronic conditions).
| Multimorbidity (3+ chronic conditions) | All | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | ||
| Total | N = 11,514,013 | N = 2,067,178 | N = 13,581,191 |
| 84.8% | 15.2% | 100.0% | |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 34.88 (20.45) | 66.14 (14.67) | 39.64 (22.66) |
| Sex (N and % male) | 5,766,465 (50.1%) | 897,645 (43.4%) | 6,664,110 (49.1%) |
| Material deprivationa/Rural (N and row %) | |||
| 1—least deprived | 2,686,447 (87.5%) | 384,502 (12.5%) | 3,070,949 (100%) |
| 2 | 2,044,318 (85.4%) | 348,591 (14.6%) | 2,392,909 (100%) |
| 3 | 1,842,131 (84.5%) | 336,951 (15.5%) | 2,179,082 (100% |
| 4 | 1,692,356 (83.5%) | 335,109 (16.5%) | 2,027,465 (100%) |
| 5—most deprived | 1,889,011 (83.1%) | 384,299 (16.9%) | 2,273,310 (100% |
| Rural | 1,209,310 (82.9%) | 250,018 (17.1%) | 1,459,328 (100%) |
| Missing | 150,440 (84.4%) | 27,708 (15.6%) | 178,148 (100%) |
a Place of residence is broken down by material deprivation for urban residents but not for rural residents. The material deprivation index is valid only within urban populations.27