High prevalence of diagnosis of diabetes, depression, anxiety, hypertension, asthma and COPD in the total population of Stockholm, Sweden – a challenge for public health

Axel C Carlsson; Per Wändell; Urban Ösby; Ramin Zarrinkoub; Björn Wettermark; Gunnar Ljunggren

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-670

BMC Public Health

Table 2 The prevalence and the percentage in the population (Dec. 2011) of six diagnosis groups in 2007–2011 in men, women and all inhabitants (total) in Stockholm county by age: A) diabetes mellitus (E10-E14), B) depression (F32-F33), C) anxiety disorders/phobia (F40-F41) D) hypertension (I10-I15), E) asthma and F) (J45-J46) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (J41-J44, J47)

From: High prevalence of diagnosis of diabetes, depression, anxiety, hypertension, asthma and COPD in the total population of Stockholm, Sweden – a challenge for public health

Age-groups	Women 2007-2011		Men 2007-2011		Total 2007-2011		Recorded diagnosis in 2011 alone and in relation to those recorded between 2007-2011
	N	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
A) The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes mellitus.
0-17	676	0.3	852	0.4	1528	0.3	1229	80.4
18-44	4918	1.2	6221	1.5	11139	1.4	6700	60.1
45-64	16997	6.7	28212	11.0	45209	8.9	25290	55.9
65-74	14751	15.6	22230	25.5	36981	20.4	20828	56.3
75-84	12179	23.1	12123	31.9	24302	26.8	13228	54.4
85-	6417	20.4	3665	25.7	10082	22.1	4915	48.8
Total	55938	5.3	73303	7.1	129241	6.2	72190	55.9
B) The prevalence of diagnosed depression.
0-17	570	0.3	265	0.1	835	0.2	640	76.6
18-44	40762	10.1	20131	4.9	60893	7.5	23834	39.1
45-64	32315	12.7	17403	6.8	49718	9.6	17724	35.6
65-74	8470	9.0	4080	4.7	12550	6.9	4313	34.4
75-84	5848	11.1	2344	6.2	8192	9.0	2993	36.5
85-	3817	12.2	1121	7.9	4938	10.8	1592	32.2
Total	91782	8.7	45344	4.4	137126	6.6	51096	37.3
C) The prevalence of diagnosed anxiety disorders/phobia.
0-17	1035	0.5	639	0.3	1674	0.4	925	55.3
18-44	34551	8.6	18816	4.6	53367	6.6	21919	41.1
45-64	20148	7.9	11421	4.5	31569	6.2	11758	37.2
65-74	5265	5.6	2375	2.7	7640	4.2	2808	36.8
75-84	3380	6.4	1083	2.9	4463	4.9	1704	38.2
85-	2203	7.0	474	3.3	2677	5.9	982	36.7
Total	66582	6.3	34808	3.4	101390	4.8	40096	39.5
D) The prevalence of diagnosed hypertension.
0-17	115	0.1	121	0.1	236	0.1	71	30.1
18-44	5318	1.3	6047	1.5	11364	1.4	5715	50.3
45-64	41933	16.5	44822	17.5	86755	17.0	49645	57.2
65-74	38685	40.9	37568	43.1	76253	42.0	46191	60.6
75-84	31269	59.3	21367	56.3	52636	58.1	31832	60.5
85-	20498	65.3	8467	59.4	28965	63.5	16052	55.4
Total	137817	13.0	118392	11.4	256209	12.2	149506	58.4
E) The prevalence of diagnosed asthma.
0-17	17293	7.9	26184	11.3	43477	9.6	17924	41.2
18-44	21646	5.4	14950	3.6	36596	4.5	11945	32.6
45-64	15888	6.2	9167	3.6	25055	4.9	9142	36.5
65-74	6523	6.9	3327	3.8	9850	5.4	3793	38.5
75-84	3978	7.6	1691	4.5	5669	6.3	2217	39.1
85-	1945	6.2	637	4.5	2582	5.7	1023	39.6
Total	67273	6.4	55956	5.4	123229	5.9	46044	37.4
E) The prevalence of diagnosed COPD.
0-17	335	0.2	434	0.2	769	0.2	455	59.2
18-44	1001	0.3	748	0.2	1749	0.2	721	41.2
45-64	6154	2.4	4685	1.8	10839	2.1	4910	45.3
65-74	6875	7.3	5226	6.0	12101	6.7	6190	51.2
75-84	5388	10.2	3741	9.9	9129	10.1	5027	55.1
85-	2569	8.2	1435	10.1	4004	8.8	2094	52.3
Total	22322	2.1	16269	1.6	38591	1.8	19397	50.3

The individuals with a reported diagnosis in 2011 are also shown in total and as percentage of the individuals with these diagnoses during the full period 2007–2011.

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