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Table 1 Sociodemographic factors, health behavior and morbidity characteristics of all respondents (n = 19,559)

From: Prevalence, patterns of multimorbidity and associations with health care utilization among middle-aged and older people in China

Variables

Total (%)

Prevalence of multimorbidity

P value

All participants

19,559 (100%)

56.73%

 

Age

   

45–59

8504 (43.48%)

44.15%

< 0.001

60–69

6536 (33.42%)

62.86%

 

≧70

4519 (23.10%)

69.42%

 

Gender

   

Male

9307 (47.58%)

54.65%

< 0.001

Female

10,252(52.42%)

58.71%

 

Marriage status

   

Married

16,619(84.97%)

55.20%

< 0.001

Windowed

2512 (12.84%)

66.58%

 

Others

428 (2.19%)

53.37%

 

Education

   

Sishu/home school and below

8537 (43.65%)

60.49%

< 0.001

Elementary school

4289 (21.93%)

54.99%

 

Middle school

4258 (21.77%)

53.37%

 

High school and above

2475 (12.65%)

54.18%

 

Residence

   

Rural

11,675(59.69%)

56.21%

0.184

Urban

7884 (40.31%)

57.26%

 

Alcohol consumption

   

Never

12,899(65.95%)

60.44%

< 0.001

Occasionally

1466 (7.50%)

50.83%

 

Usually

5111 (26.13%)

50.66%

 

Smoking status

   

Never

11,211(57.32%)

56.93%

< 0.001

Quit

445 (2.28%)

67.11%

 

Current

7825 (40.01%)

56.55%

 

Difficulty in ADL

   

Yes

3615 (18.48%)

81.72%

< 0.001

No

15,944(81.52%)

51.25%

 

Self-rated health

   

Less than good

15,066(77.03%)

64.43%

< 0.001

Good

4493 (22.97%)

31.83%

 

Health insurance

   

None

583 (2.98%)

48.96%

< 0.001

UEBMI

2975 (15.21%)

60.63%

 

URBMI

3189 (16.30%)

55.72%

 

NRCMS

12,598 (64.41%)

56.20%

 

Others

214 (1.09%)

49.79%

 
  1. ADL: Activities in Daily Life; UEBMI: Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance; URBMI: Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance; NRCMS: New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme; Others: private medical insurance and other medical insurance
  2. Prevalence of multimorbidity were weighed results adjusted for non-response of individual and household