Table 1 Population-based prevalence of multimorbidity in Ontario, by number of common chronic conditions * , age group and year
From: The increasing burden and complexity of multimorbidity
2003 | |||||||
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Age groups | Ontario Population | Prevalence of at least one chronic condition | Prevalence of multimorbidity, by degree of multimorbidity | ||||
Prevalence of multimorbidity, 2+ conditions | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 + conditions | |||
0-17 | 2 794 680 | 23.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 0.001 |
18-44 | 4 928 716 | 31.6 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.05 |
45-54 | 1 753 264 | 51.5 | 20.4 | 13.8 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 |
55-64 | 1 213 587 | 67.6 | 35.3 | 20.6 | 9.3 | 3.5 | 1.8 |
65-74 | 839 869 | 82.3 | 53.6 | 25.9 | 15.3 | 7.3 | 5.1 |
75-89 | 657 855 | 89.9 | 68.3 | 25.7 | 19.7 | 11.9 | 11.0 |
90+ | 54 302 | 93.7 | 74.6 | 24.7 | 20.8 | 14.3 | 14.8 |
All | 12 242 273 | 43.0 | 17.4 | 10.0 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
2009 | |||||||
Age groups | Ontario Population | Prevalence of at least one chronic condition | Prevalence of multimorbidity, by degree of multimorbidity | ||||
Prevalence of multimorbidity, 2+ conditions | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 + conditions | |||
0-17 | 2 732 548 | 24.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0.001 |
18-44 | 4 951 761 | 38.6 | 10.6 | 8.2 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
45-54 | 2 065 338 | 60.0 | 27.4 | 17.2 | 6.9 | 2.3 | 1.0 |
55-64 | 1 527 927 | 76.6 | 46.6 | 23.8 | 13.4 | 5.9 | 3.5 |
65-74 | 941 352 | 88.9 | 66.4 | 26.1 | 19.8 | 11.3 | 9.2 |
75-89 | 775 760 | 94.0 | 80.9 | 21.4 | 22.0 | 16.6 | 20.9 |
90+ | 74 159 | 92.4 | 83.2 | 17.1 | 20.0 | 18.2 | 27.8 |
All | 13 068 845 | 50.8 | 24.3 | 12.3 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 |