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Table 1 Prevalence of individual conditions, corresponding other conditions and total out-of-pocket expenditure

From: Out-of-pocket expenditure by Australian seniors with chronic disease: the effect of specific diseases and morbidity clusters

Conditions

Weighted prevalence (%)*

Participants with one condition only %

Other conditions and out-of-pocket expenditure

Mean total number of other conditions (±SE)

Total OOPE in AUD (±SE)

High blood pressure

43.1

8.15

2.83 (0.03)

459 (53.7)

Arthritis

32.2

4.48

3.07 (0.04)

461 (31.1)

Asthma/hayfever

18.2

2.03

3.28 (0.06)

547 (56.6)

Cancer

17.9

2.88

3.06 (0.05)

702 (82.0)

Depression

15.3

1.01

3.49 (0.06)

624 (59.6)

Diabetes

12.8

1.27

3.24 (0.06)

503 (53.7)

Heart disease

12.3

1.68

3.28 (0.06)

543 (52.2)

Osteoporosis

9.3

1.11

3.38 (0.07)

465 (68.6)

Bronchitis/Emphysema

3.4

0.11

4.07 (0.12)

436 (76.3)

Stroke

3.2

0.15

3.82 (0.12)

453 (68.1)

Parkinson’s disease

0.60

0.10

3.61 (0.26)

504 (160.0)

Other

25.4

2.54

2.92 (0.05)

544 (43.4)

  1. *Weighted to reflect the age, sex, and State structure of the Australian population.