Table 1 Prevalence of chronic conditions for NWAHS Stage 2 by age group
From: Multimorbidity - not just an older person's issue. Results from an Australian biomedical study
Number of chronic conditions | Aged 20 - 39 | Aged 40 - 59 | Aged 60+ | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
None | 837 | 68.3 | 622 | 53.1 | 191 | 23.6 | 1651 | 51.5 |
One | 334 | 27.3 | 373 | 31.9 | 300 | 37.1 | 1008 | 31.4 |
Two | 51 | 4.2 | 127 | 10.9 | 200 | 24.7 | 378 | 11.8 |
Three | 3 | 0.3 | 38 | 3.3 | 84 | 10.4 | 125 | 3.9 |
Four or more | - | - | 10 | 0.9 | 33 | 4.1 | 44 | 1.4 |
Total | 1226 | 100.0 | 1171 | 100.0 | 808 | 100.0 | 3206 | 100.0 |
Total multimorbidity | 55 | 10.0 | 176 | 32.1 | 317 | 57.9 | 547 | 17.1 |
| Â | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD |
Average number of chronic conditions | 0.36* | 0.58 | 0.67* | 0.86 | 1.35* | 1.09 | 0.72 | 0.92 |