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. 2022 Jul 1;119(26):458–465. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0204

Table 1. Frequency of comorbidities.

Diagnostic category Level of severity Total
Mild Moderate Severe Nonspecific
A: Mental health comorbidities
F00–F09: Organic, including symptomatic mental disorders  9.9%  9.2% 10.9%  9.4%  9.6%
F10–F19: Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substances 17.2% 21.1% 26.6% 17.7% 20.1%
F20–F29: Schizophrenia, schizotypal, and delusional disorders  3.0%  3.7%  7.7%  3.5%  4.1%
F40–F48: Neurotic. stress-related. and somatoform disorders 55.2% 62.4% 68.2% 48.7% 57.1%
F50–F59: Abnormal behaviors associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors  9.0% 11.0% 13.1%  7.5%  9.7%
F60–F69: Personality and behavioral disorders  8.2% 10.5% 16.1%  5.8%  9.3%
B: Somatic comorbidities
I10: Essential (primary) hypertension 55.8%
I50: Heart failure 11.9%
I25: Chronic ischemic heart disease 15.2%
E78: Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias 35.1%
E11: Type 2 diabetes mellitus 20.0%
E10: Type 1 diabetes mellitus  3.2%
J44: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 14.0%
J45: Asthma 13.0%

A: Mental health comorbidities according to severity level:

The table shows the frequency of mental health comorbidities according to the level of severity of the depressive disorder in line with the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10). The data basis consists of diagnoses in the outpatient medical sector as well as the inpatient care sector.

B: Somatic comorbidities:

The table shows the frequency of common somatic comorbidities according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10).

The data basis consists of diagnoses in the outpatient medical sector as well as the inpatient care sector