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Table 2 Population with multimorbidity (two or more chronic diseases) by age, sex and deprivation index quintile

From: Prevalence of multimorbidity according to the deprivation level among the elderly in the Basque Country

All

  

Deprivation index

All

1

2

3

4

5

66.11% (65.97-66.25)

60.22% (59.91-60.54)

65.33% (65.03-65.64)

67.63% (67.33-67.94)

67.86% (67.56-68.16)

69.94% (69.64-70.25)

Sex

Age group (years)

Male

65-69

54.94% (54.53-55.35)

49.18% (48.30-50.07)

54.93% (54.04-55.83)

56.69% (55.78-57.59)

56.55% (55.65-57.45)

58.13% (57.16-59.10)

70-74

64.69% (64.23-65.15)

59.38% (58.32-60.44)

64.41% (63.39-65.44)

66.80% (65.78-67.82)

66.10% (65.11-67.09)

66.74% (65.71-67.76)

75-79

72.49% (72.07-72.92)

67.57% (66.53-68.61)

71.54% (70.57-72.50)

73.89% (72.95-74.83)

74.16% (73.26-75.06)

74.85% (73.92-75.77)

80-84

76.77% (76.29-77.25)

73.59% (72.45-74.72)

77.04% (75.99-78.08)

78.48% (77.43-79.53)

77.00% (75.97-78.04)

77.69% (76.61-78.76)

85+

70.74% (70.13-71.35)

67.13% (65.78-68.49)

71.60% (70.28-72.91)

71.34% (69.98-72.70)

72.18% (70.83-73.52)

71.84% (70.41-73.27)

All

66.06% (65.85-66.27)

60.86% (60.37-61.34)

65.93% (65.46-66.40)

67.61% (67.14-68.07)

67.52% (67.06-67.98)

68.54% (68.06-69.01)

Sex

Age group (years)

Female

65-69

53.55% (53.16-53.94)

46.12% (45.28-46.96)

51.87% (51.00-52.74)

55.35% (54.47-56.23)

55.93% (55.06-56.81)

59.84% (58.93-60.74)

70-74

62.92% (62.49-63.35)

55.55% (54.55-56.54)

60.71% (59.73-61.68)

64.34% (63.38-65.31)

65.68% (64.75-66.61)

68.17% (67.25-69.10)

75-79

70.99% (70.61-71.37)

64.71% (63.80-65.61)

69.04% (68.17-69.90)

72.55% (71.70-73.39)

72.80% (71.99-73.62)

75.59% (74.79-76.38)

80-84

76.16% (75.77-76.55)

70.40% (69.48-71.32)

75.27% (74.39-76.15)

78.07% (77.20-78.94)

77.80% (76.94-78.66)

79.64% (78.81-80.47)

85+

70.66% (70.25-71.06)

66.11% (65.25-66.96)

71.02% (70.15-71.90)

71.95% (71.04-72.87)

72.00% (71.07-72.93)

73.66% (72.73-74.60)

All

66.15% (65.97-66.33)

59.78% (59.37-60.19)

64.89% (64.48-65.30)

67.65% (67.25-68.06)

68.12% (67.72-68.53)

70.96% (70.57-71.36)

  1. Percentage (95% CI) Differences statistically significant among Deprivation Index groups (P < 0.0001).