Table 5 Proportions of chronically ill patients compared to other epidemiological data
Chronic condition | Various data sources | Data used in this study (2011) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Proportion of patients (%) | Description of the chronic condition | Data source/study design (year of data) | Reference | Proportion of patients (%) |
Cancer | 1.5 | All malignant neoplasms excluding non-melanoma skin cancer | Registry data (1992) | Micheli et al. 2002 [25] | 1.4 |
| Â | 1.4 | Registry data (2008) | WHO 2008 [26] | ||
Cardiovascular diseases (incl. hypertension) | 30.0 | Hypertension | Epidemiological data (2001) | Pechère-Bertschi et al. 2005 [27] | 29.0 |
|  | 36.0 | High blood pressure | Epidemiological data (2003–2006) | Firmann et al. 2008 [28] | |
| Â | 34.4 | Hypertension | Epidemiological data (1999-2009) | Guessous et al. 2012 [29] | |
Diabetes mellitus | 6.3 | Type 2 diabetes | Epidemiological data (2003–2006) | Kaiser et al. 2012 [30] | 5.4 |
| Â | 5.8 | Diabetes | Officially registered hospital discharges with diagnosis (2008) | Bopp et al. 2011 [31] | |
|  | 3.3 | Non-insulin dependent diabetes | Electronic medical records (2009–2011) | Rizza et al. 2012 [32] | |
Hyperlipidemia | 20.0 | Dyslipidemia | Epidemiological data (2001) | Pechère-Bertschi et al. 2005 [27] | 12.3 |
|  | 29.0 | Dyslipidemia | Epidemiological data (2003–2006) | Firmann et al. 2010 [33] | |
Respiratory illness (asthma, COPD) | 5.7-10.0 | Asthma | Epidemiological data (2002) | Bridevaux et al. 2010 [34] | 7.4 |
| Â | 9.1 | COPD | Epidemiological data (2002) | Bridevaux et al. 2008 [35] | |