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Table 1 Age profile and prevalence of chronic diseases in the Basque Country population

From: Socioeconomic variation in the burden of chronic conditions and health care provision – analyzing administrative individual level data from the Basque Country, Spain

 

MALE

FEMALE

 

MALE

FEMALE

Total sample

1,111,047

49.10%

1,151,639

50.90%

Rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune and connective tissue diseases

8,571

0.77%

14,858

1.29%

By age groups

    

Gout

19,072

1.72%

3,719

0.32%

0-17

175,435

15.80%

164,105

14.26%

Chromosomal anomalies or Inherited metabolic disorders

12,765

1.15%

9,527

0.83%

18-44

429,365

38.65%

407,960

35.43%

Heart failure

10,151

0.91%

11,057

0.96%

45-64

313,689

28.23%

319,435

27.74%

Diverticular disease of intestine

8,221

0.74%

11,120

0.97%

65-74

98,916

8.90%

110,762

9.62%

Chronic liver or pancreatic disease

11,942

1.07%

6,358

0.55%

75+

93,642

8.43%

149,377

12.98%

Schizophrenia, affective psychosis or bipolar disorder

8,068

0.73%

7,073

0.61%

     

Parkinson’s disease

5,743

0.52%

6,838

0.59%

Prevalence of chronic disease

    

Viral Hepatitis

7,083

0.64%

4,510

0.39%

Hypertension

207,478

18.67%

223,753

19.43%

Paralysis or muscular dystrophy

5,941

0.53%

5,208

0.45%

Anxiety & other neurotic, stress related & somatoform disorders

80,755

7.27%

161,981

14.07%

Irritable bowel syndrome

3,298

0.30%

6,298

0.55%

Diabetes Mellitus

70,614

6.36%

60,412

5.25%

Alcohol problems

7,037

0.63%

1,887

0.16%

Degenerative joint disease

25,897

2.33%

60,878

5.29%

Epilepsy (currently treated)

4,729

0.43%

4,162

0.36%

Treated dyspepsia

33,624

3.03%

53,088

4.61%

Inflammatory bowel disease

4,381

0.39%

4,314

0.37%

Depression

19,944

1.80%

59,894

5.20%

Peripheral vascular disease

6,675

0.60%

1,698

0.15%

Hypothyroidism

11,125

1.00%

67,968

5.90%

Treated constipation

2,484

0.22%

4,729

0.41%

Malignancies

35,543

3.20%

34,429

2.99%

Disorders of the immune system

2,754

0.25%

3,980

0.35%

Low back pain

23,777

2.14%

41,352

3.59%

Migraine

1,055

0.09%

5,120

0.44%

Asthma (currently treated)

30,161

2.71%

33,709

2.93%

Developmental disorder

3,750

0.34%

2,272

0.20%

Glaucoma

24,827

2.23%

33,274

2.89%

Chronic sinusitis

2,518

0.23%

3,369

0.29%

Osteoporosis

3,019

0.27%

53,283

4.63%

Hematologic chronic disorders

2,598

0.23%

3,140

0.27%

Atrial fibrillation

27,818

2.50%

22,860

1.98%

Psoriasis or eczema

2,944

0.26%

2,060

0.18%

Emphysema, chronic bronchitis, COPD

33,653

3.03%

16,643

1.45%

Bronchiectasis

2,137

0.19%

2,863

0.25%

Peripheral neuropathy, neuritis

15,561

1.40%

32,028

2.78%

Other psycho-active substance misuse

3,791

0.34%

855

0.07%

Ischemic heart disease

32,402

2.92%

13,680

1.19%

Attention deficit disorder

2,555

0.23%

844

0.07%

Chronic heart disease, others

26,611

2.40%

18,637

1.62%

HIV, AIDS

1,796

0.16%

839

0.07%

Cerebro-vascular disease

22,682

2.04%

22,268

1.93%

Transplant status

1,364

0.12%

764

0.07%

Prostatic hypertrophy

43,403

3.91%

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Multiple sclerosis

628

0.06%

1,308

0.11%

Deafness, hearing loss

20,264

1.82%

20,518

1.78%

Anorexia or bulimia

109

0.01%

1,377

0.12%

Dementia

12,308

1.11%

25,141

2.18%

     

Blindness & low vision

13,864

1.25%

17,118

1.49%

Multimorbidity (2+ conditions)

235,617

21.21%

298,640

25.93%

Chronic kidney disease

13,449

1.21%

12,242

1.06%