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Table 2 Multimorbidity prevalence and acute diseases, area of residency and visits according to multimorbidity status stratified by sex and age groups

From: Impact of multimorbidity: acute morbidity, area of residency and use of health services across the life span in a region of south Europe

 

Female

 

19-24

25-44

45-64

65-79

≥80

 

MM

Non-MM

MM

Non-MM

MM

Non-MM

MM

Non-MM

MM

Non-MM

 

n = 12,804 (19.0%)

n = 54,700 (81.0%)

n = 105,463 (29.4%)

n = 253,771 (70.6%)

n = 167,778 (63.3%)

n = 97,089 (36.7%)

n = 119,528 (90.2%)

n = 13,021 (9.8%)

n = 58,533 (92.1%)

n = 5,021 (7.9%)

Number of acute diseases

          

  Median (IQR)

1 (0–2)

0 (0–1)

1 (0–2)

0 (0–1)

1 (0-2)

0 (0–1)

1 (0–1)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–0)

0

36.4

55.3

40.2

60.3

44.8

68.2

47.7

78.0

51.5

82.3

1

26.8

23.7

27.1

22.3

27.6

19.4

27.4

14.9

26.2

12.3

2

16.9

11.6

16.1

10.2

14.7

7.8

13.7

4.9

12.7

3.7

≥3

19.9

9.4

16.6

7.2

12.9

4.6

11.2

2.3

9.7

1.8

Living in a rural area

14.4

14.9

15.3

15.1

15.4

16.7

15.4

17.6

18.4

18.7

Number of visits

          

  Median (IQR)

6 (3–10)

2 (0–5)

6 (3–11)

2 (0–5)

8 (4–13)

2 (0–5)

11 (7–18)

2 (0–5)

14 (8–24)

1 (0–7)

0

8.8

28.4

9.8

34.2

5.8

38.3

2.6

38.9

3.0

40.4

1-2

15.4

24.4

14.7

22.9

10.4

21.6

4.4

18.6

4.2

16.2

3-5

25.0

23.6

23.1

21.5

20.5

20.1

11.9

18.0

9.1

14.0

6-10

27.1

15.8

26.7

14.5

28.7

13.5

26.5

15.5

20.4

13.4

≥11

23.6

7.8

25.7

6.9

34.6

6.4

54.7

9.0

63.4

16.0

 

Male

 

19-24

25-44

45-64

65-79

≥80

 

MM

Non-MM

MM

Non-MM

MM

Non-MM

MM

Non-MM

MM

Non-MM

 

n = 8,916 (12.9%)

n = 60,373 (87.1%)

n = 75,556 (19.5%)

n = 311,124 (80.5%)

n = 139,776 (54.0%)

n = 119,008 (46.0%)

n = 97,044 (86.9%)

n = 14,584 (13.1%)

n = 32,773 (92.0%)

n = 2,948 (8.0%)

Number of acute diseases

          

  Median (IQR)

1 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–0)

0

49.0

64.6

50.8

68.1

55.3

74.0

53.2

76.4

52.0

78.9

1

26.1

21.7

26.4

20.0

26.0

17.3

26.9

16.0

27.1

13.7

2

13.7

8.4

12.8

7.6

11.3

5.9

12.0

5.3

11.9

4.6

≥3

11.1

5.2

10.0

4.4

7.4

2.8

8.0

2.3

8.9

2.8

Living in a rural area

15.0

15.1

15.6

15.3

17.3

17.5

16.7

18.8

21.3

21.5

Number of visits

          

  Median (IQR)

4 (1–8)

1 (0–4)

5 (2–9)

1 (0–3)

6 (3–12)

1 (0–3)

11 (6–17)

2 (0–6)

14 (8–24)

2 (0–8)

0

15.0

38.7

14.2

43.8

8.9

46.1

2.8

36.0

2.3

35.2

1-2

21.6

26.3

18.4

24.0

13.4

21.7

5.3

19.4

3.5

16.3

3-5

26.1

19.8

24.4

18.0

22.1

17.1

13.4

18.8

8.8

15.5

6-10

22.5

10.8

23.2

10.0

26.9

10.3

28.1

16.1

20.8

14.2

≥11

14.8

4.4

19.8

4.2

28.7

4.7

50.4

9.7

64.5

18.8

  1. Abbreviations: MM multimorbidity, IQR interquartile range. Data are expressed as percentage, unless otherwise stated.