Table 4 Top 5 of most prevalent comorbidity for 10 chronic diseases (first column) and prevalence of co-occuring diseases among all patients of 55 years and older with the specific chronic disease and comorbidity
From: Multimorbidity and comorbidity in the Dutch population – data from general practices
Chronic disease | Comorbidity top 5 and prevalence | Contribution of top 5 to all comorbidity with the specific chronic disease* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
Diabetes mellitus | Coronary heart disease | 30.0% | Osteoarthritis | 22.7% | Chronic neck or back disorder | 20.3% | Heart failure | 18.1% | COPD | 17.2% | 31.5% |
Coronary heart disease | Diabetes mellitus | 33.5% | Heart failure | 25.5% | Osteoarthritis | 23.0% | Chronic neck or back disorder | 20.8% | Cancer | 16.7% | 32.8% |
Osteoarthritis | Chronic neck or back disorder | 26.8% | Diabetes mellitus | 26.0% | Coronary heart disease | 23.6% | Visual disorder | 16.4% | Cancer | 16.0% | 33.5% |
COPD | Asthma | 32.4% | Coronary heart disease | 27.4% | Diabetes mellitus | 25.8% | Heart failure | 24.0% | Osteoarthritis | 20.5% | 29.9% |
Chronic neck or back disorder | Osteoarthritis | 31.5% | Diabetes mellitus | 27.3% | Coronary heart disease | 25.2% | COPD | 17.0% | Cancer | 15.5% | 35.8% |
Cancer | Diabetes mellitus | 25.6% | Coronary heart disease | 24.4% | Osteoarthritis | 22.8% | Chronic neck or back disorder | 18.8% | COPD | 18.3% | 33.1% |
Stroke | Diabetes mellitus | 32.4% | Coronary heart disease | 26.0% | Osteoarthritis | 21.0% | Heart failure | 20.2% | COPD | 17.5% | 27.8% |
Depression | Osteoarthritis | 24.7% | Diabetes mellitus | 24.6% | Coronary heart disease | 22.8% | Chronic neck or back disorder | 22.3% | COPD | 18.0% | 26.4% |
Heart failure | Coronary heart disease | 42.0% | Diabetes mellitus | 33.3% | COPD | 29.4% | Osteoarthritis | 24.5% | Stroke | 18.0% | 30.4% |
Anxiety disorder | Depression | 38.0% | Diabetes mellitus | 22.3% | Chronic neck or back disorder | 22.2% | Coronary heart disease | 20.7% | Osteoarthritis | 19.8% | 31.4% |