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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population (GEDA 2012)

From: Prevalence of multimorbidity in Germany: impact of age and educational level in a cross-sectional study on 19,294 adults

 

n (%a)

Percentage with Multimorbidity (95% CI)

Mean number of diagnoses (95% CI)

Median number of diagnoses

All participants

19,294 (100)

39.6 (38.7–40.6)

1.6 (1.6–1.7)

1

Sex

 Male

9318 (48.3)

37.3 (36.0–38.7)

1.5 (1.5–1.6)

1

 Female

9976 (51.7)

41.8 (40.4–43.1)

1.8 (1.7–1.8)

1

Age groups (years)

 18–29

2643 (16.2)

7.0 (5.9–8.3)

0.4 (0.3–0.4)

0

 30–39

2242 (15.0)

17.2 (15.1–19.5)

0.7 (0.6–0.8)

0

 40–49

3665 (19.7)

27.7 (25.7–29.7)

1.1 (1.0–1.2)

1

 50–59

3592 (17.4)

49.2 (46.9–51.5)

1.9 (1.8–2.0)

1

 60–69

3325 (13.0)

61.7 (59.3–64.1)

2.5 (2.4–2.6)

2

 70–79

2936 (14.1)

72.9 (70.4–75.2)

3.1 (3.0–3.2)

3

 80+

891 (4.7)

77.5 (73.2–81.3)

3.5 (3.2–3.7)

3

Level of education

 High

8098 (24.1)

31.9 (30.7–33.1)

1.3 (1.2–1.3)

1

 Medium

9812 (55.4)

40.1 (39.0–41.3)

1.6 (1.6–1.7)

1

 Low

1358 (20.6)

47.4 (44.2–50.5)

2.1 (1.9–2.2)

1

Number of self-reported diagnoses

 0

7043 (37.9)

   

 1

4349 (22.5)

   

 2

2899 (14.3)

   

 3

1929 (9.6)

   

 4

1254 (6.2)

   

 5

795 (4.0)

   

 6

474 (2.5)

   

 7

270 (1.4)

   

 8+

281 (1.6)

   
  1. aWeighted results to represent the adult population in Germany; Level of education: Missing data for 26 participants