Table 6.
Multimorbidity Among Homeless Healthcare Patients.
| n (%) | Total (n = 2068) |
Aboriginal 1 (n = 492) |
Non-Aboriginal 1 (n = 1534) |
|---|---|---|---|
| No chronic conditions | 237 (11.5) | 87 (17.7) | 143 (9.3) |
| 1 chronic condition | 282 (13.6) | 78 (15.9) | 192 (12.5) |
| 2 chronic conditions | 355 (17.2) | 91 (18.5) | 256 (16.7) |
| 3 chronic conditions | 332 (16.1) | 59 (12.0) | 270 (17.6) |
| 4 chronic conditions | 284 (13.7) | 55 (11.2) | 221 (14.4) |
| 5–9 chronic conditions | 551 (26.6) | 117 (23.8) | 430 (28.0) |
| 10 + chronic conditions | 27 (1.3) | 5 (1.0) | 22 (1.4) |
| Mean ± SD | 3.3 ± 2.4 | 2.9 ± 2.5 | 3.4 ± 2.3 * |
| Median | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Range | 0–14 | 0–12 | 0–14 |
1 Excludes data for 42 patients for whom ethnicity was either not recorded or not provided. * p < 0.05 (compared to Aboriginal).