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Table 2 Sample description and prevalence of multimorbidity according demographic, socioeconomic and health services characteristics

From: Multimorbidity in older adults: magnitude and challenges for the Brazilian health system

Variables

Sample

Multimorbidity

n

%

≥2 % (95 % CI)

No. of cases in target population

≥3 % (95 % CI)

No. of cases in target population

Sex

 Male

593

37.2

67.3 (63.4; 71.3)

3795

45.9 (41.7; 50.1)

2589

 Female

1000

62.8

82.1 (80.0; 84.6)

7816

65.3 (62.3; 68.4)

6217

Skin color

 White

1252

78.6

74.7 (72.2; 77.2)

8901

55.1 (52.2; 57.9)

6566

 Black

139

8.7

79.8 (72.7; 86.9)

1052

68.5 (60.3; 76.8)

903

 Brown/yellow/indigenous

202

12.7

86.2 (81.3; 91.2)

1660

70.4 (63.8; 76.9)

1355

Age

 60–64

400

25.1

72.4 (68.0; 77.0)

2755

52.0 (46.9; 57.0)

1979

 65–69

374

23.5

72.1 (67.5; 76.8)

2569

55.4 (50.3; 60.6)

1974

 70–74

322

20.2

77.7 (73.0; 82.5)

2379

57.8 (52.2; 63.4)

1770

  ≥ 75

497

31.2

83.3 (79.8; 86.8)

3940

66.1 (61.6; 70.5)

3126

Years of schooling

 None

372

23.7

87.1 (83.5; 90,7)

3129

72.1 (67.4; 76.9)

2590

 1–7

858

54.5

76.9 (74.0; 79.9)

6354

57.3 (53.8; 60.7)

4734

  ≥ 8

342

21.8

64.8 (59.5; 70.0)

2142

45.3 (39.8; 50.8)

1497

Economic class (ABEP)

 A and B (richer)

429

27.1

69.1 (64.6; 73.7)

2839

51.3 (46.3; 56.2)

2108

 C

615

38.9

75.1 (71.6; 78.7)

4429

55.7 (51.6; 59.8)

3285

 D and E

537

34.0

84.0 (80.8; 87.2)

4330

66.1 (62.0; 70.3)

3407

Bedridden

 No

1445

90.7

80.3 (78.1; 82.4)

11041

61.9 (59.4; 64.5)

8511

 Yes

148

9.3

92.7 (88.1; 97.3)

1307

86.2 (80.1; 92.3)

1215

Private health plan

 No

1025

64.6

82.8 (80.4; 85.2)

8109

65.6 (62.6; 68.7)

6424

 Yes

561

35.4

78.8 (75.3; 82.2)

4229

61.3 (57.1; 65.4)

3290

Medical visit

 No

723

45.4

73.2 (69.8; 76.6)

5038

54.1 (50.3; 57.9)

3724

 Yes

868

54.6

87.9 (85.7; 90.2)

7276

72.1 (69.0; 75.2)

5968

Emergency services visit

 No

1387

87.2

79.4 (77.2; 81.6)

10496

61.4 (58.8; 64.1)

8117

 Yes

204

12.8

95.1 (92.0; 98.2)

1845

82.1 (76.5; 87.6)

1593

Hospitalization

 No

1310

82.3

79.9 (77.6; 82.1)

9969

61.3 (58.6; 64.1)

7648

 Yes

282

17.7

88.2 (84.3; 92.2)

2367

76.5 (71.2; 81.7)

2053

Primary Health Care

 Traditional

741

46.5

77.9 (74.8; 81.1)

5491

59.7 (56.0; 63.4)

4208

 FHS

852

53.5

84.2 (81.6; 86.7)

6829

67.6 (64.3; 70.8)

5483

 Total

1593

100.0

81.3 (79.3; 83.3)

12325

64.0 (61.5; 66.4)

9702

  1. % prevalence, CI confidence interval