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Table 2 Prevalence of multimorbidity in health survey and electronic health records

From: Comparison of the information provided by electronic health records data and a population health survey to estimate prevalence of selected health conditions and multimorbidity

 

Healthsurvey(N = 15,926)

Electronichealth records (N = 1,597,258)

 

Age group

N

Multimorbidity prevalence (%, 95% CI)

N

Multimorbidity prevalence (%, 95% CI)

Prevalence difference (%, 95% CI)

15-44

7,894

39.7 (38.4-41.0)

813,437

21.6 (21.5-21.7)

18.1 (16.8-19.4)

45-64

4,466

70.3 (69.3-71.1)

460,496

52.9 (52.8-53.1)

17.4 (16.5-18.3)

65-74

1,703

87.5 (86.7-87.9)

162,591

79.8 (79.6-80.0)

7.7 (7.1-8.3)

≥75

1,863

92.9 (91.7-92.5)

160,734

87.2 (87.0-87.3)

5.7 (5.3-6.1)