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Table 1 Number of patients with each of the 10 selected diagnoses, and number and percentage of individuals with a single disease, and as one of several diseases, respectively

From: Primary care utilisation, adherence to guideline-based pharmacotherapy and continuity of care in primary care patients with chronic diseases and multimorbidity – a cross-sectional study

Disease (Diagnosis group)

Age group

Number of patients with the disease

Multimorbidity ratio (B/A)a

All patients with the disease (= A + B)

Patients with solely the disease (= A)

Multimorbid patients with the disease (= B)

Total

Percentage of study population

Total

Percentage of study population

Total

Percentage of study population

n

%

n

%

n

%

Diabetes

0–29 years

12

 < 0.1

8

 < 0.1

4

 < 0.1

0.5

30–59 years

1656

6.4

879

3.4

777

3.0

0.9

60–79 years

6036

23.4

2456

9.5

3580

13.9

1.5

 ≥ 80 years

2730

10.6

609

2.4

2121

8.2

3.5

total

10,434

40.4

3952

15.3

6482

25.1

1.6

Depression

0–29 years

503

1.9

189

0.7

314

1.2

1.7

30–59 years

3845

14.9

1207

4.7

2638

10.2

2.2

60–79 years

3188

12.3

612

2.4

2576

10.0

4.2

 ≥ 80 years

1880

7.3

136

0.5

1744

6.8

12.8

total

9416

36.5

2144

8.3

7272

28.2

3.4

Ischaemic Heart Disease

0–29 years

7

 < 0.1

5

 < 0.1

2

 < 0.1

0.4

30–59 years

493

1.9

162

0.6

331

1.3

2.0

60–79 years

4288

16.6

1179

4.6

3109

12.0

2.6

 ≥ 80 years

3671

14.2

588

2.3

3083

11.9

5.2

total

8459

32.2

1934

7.5

6525

25.3

3.4

Anxiety

0–29 years

318

1.2

0

0

318

1.2

n.a

30–59 years

2544

9.8

16

0.1

2528

9.8

158.0

60–79 years

2211

8.6

46

0.2

2165

8.4

47.1

 ≥ 80 years

1308

5.1

4

 < 0.1

1304

5.0

326.0

total

6381

24.7

66

0.3

6315

24.4

95.7

Atrial fibrillation

0–29 years

0

0

0

0

0

0

n.a

30–59 years

131

0.5

40

0.2

91

0.4

2.3

60–79 years

1944

7.5

384

1.5

1560

6.0

4.1

 ≥ 80 years

2452

9.5

186

0.7

2266

8.8

12.2

total

4527

17.5

610

2.4

3917

15.2

6.4

Heart Failure

0–29 years

2

 < 0.1

1

 < 0.1

1

 < 0.1

1

30–59 years

121

0.5

18

0.1

103

0.4

5.7

60–79 years

1485

5.7

67

0.3

1418

5.5

21.2

 ≥ 80 years

2575

10

82

0.3

2493

9.7

30.4

total

4183

16.2

168

0.7

4015

15.5

23.9

Stroke/TIA

0–29 years

1

 < 0.1

1

 < 0.1

0

0

n.a

30–59 years

292

1.1

101

0.4

191

0.7

1.9

60–79 years

1862

7.2

381

1.5

1481

5.7

3.9

 ≥ 80 years

1729

6.7

172

0.7

1557

6.0

9.1

total

3884

15

655

2.5

3229

12.5

4.9

COPD

0–29 years

1

 < 0.1

0

0

1

 < 0.1

n.a

30–59 years

218

0.8

35

0.1

183

0.7

5.2

60–79 years

1405

5.4

188

0.7

1217

4.7

6.5

 ≥ 80 years

598

2.3

40

0.2

558

2.2

14.0

total

2222

8.6

263

1.0

1959

7.6

7.4

Dementia

0–29 years

0

0

0

0

0

0

n.a

30–59 years

10

 < 0.1

3

 < 0.1

7

 < 0.1

2.3

60–79 years

427

1.7

27

0.1

400

1.5

14.8

 ≥ 80 years

1343

5.2

113

0.4

1230

4.8

10.9

total

1780

6.9

143

0.6

1637

6.3

11.4

Vascular disease

0–29 years

2

 < 0.1

2

 < 0.1

0

0

n.a

 

30–59 years

51

0.2

10

 < 0.1

41

0.2

4.1

60–79 years

577

2.2

59

0.2

518

2.0

8.8

 ≥ 80 years

571

2.2

40

0.2

531

2.1

13.3

total

1201

4.6

111

0.4

1090

4.2

9.8

Total number of diagnoses

 

52,487

 

10,046

 

42,441

  
  1. n.a. Not applicable
  2. a The multimorbidity ratio (B/A) is the number of multimorbid patients with the disease divided by the number of patients with solely the disease. Total number of patients = 25 829