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Multimorbidity prevalence % (95% CIs)
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Survey-based definitiona
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Policy-based definitiona
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Research-based definitiona
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1. Prevalence of
two
or more co-occurring conditions (2+ threshold)
b
|
|
Any MSK (n = 4555)
|
92.2 (90.9, 93.3)
|
38.3 (36.5, 40.1)
|
20.2 (18.9, 21.6)
|
|
Osteoarthritis
|
98.5 (97.3, 99.2)
|
46.1 (41.3, 51.1)
|
40.4 (36.2, 44.8)
|
|
Inflammatory arthritis
|
98.2 (90.5, 99.7)
|
53.1 (45.2, 61.0)
|
45.3 (37.3, 53.5)
|
|
Other arthritis
|
95.0 (93.2, 96.4)
|
41.9 (38.1, 45.8)
|
27.2 (23.4, 31.2)
|
|
Gout
|
90.9 (87.0, 93.7)
|
37.8 (32.8, 43.1)
|
33.9 (29.1, 39.0)
|
|
Other musculoskeletal
|
95.6 (88.0, 98.5)
|
41.4 (28.0, 56.3)
|
22.7 (12.4, 37.8)
|
|
Back pain
|
91.7 (90.0, 93.2)
|
39.8 (37.6, 42.0)
|
15.8 (14.0, 17.8)
|
|
Soft tissue conditions
|
95.9 (91.3, 98.1)
|
46.9 (40.3, 53.6)
|
25.4 (20.1, 31.5)
|
|
Osteoporosis
|
99.0 (96.0, 99.8)
|
50.4 (42.1, 58.7)
|
27.4 (20.3, 36.0)
|
|
2. Prevalence of
three
or more co-occurring conditions (3+ threshold)
|
|
Any MSK
|
75.4 (73.6, 77.0)
|
11.4 (10.1, 12.8)
|
5.9 (4.9, 7.0)
|
|
Osteoarthritis
|
90.7 (88.0, 92.9)
|
16.4 (13.2, 20.2)
|
11.3 (8.6, 14.7)
|
|
Inflammatory arthritis
|
88.0 (79.7, 93.2)
|
23.0 (17.1, 30.2)
|
14.7 (9.5, 22.0)
|
|
Other arthritis
|
81.8 (78.5, 84.7)
|
14.7 (12.0, 17.8)
|
8.5 (5.8, 12.3)
|
|
Gout
|
77.3 (72.4, 81.6)
|
10.6 (8.1, 13.7)
|
10.4 (7.8, 13.7)
|
|
Other musculoskeletal
|
79.0 (66.8, 87.6)
|
11.8 (6.0, 22.0)
|
6.5 (2.9, 13.8)
|
|
Back pain
|
76.0 (73.4, 78.3)
|
11.7 (10.0, 13.7)
|
5.1 (4.2, 6.4)
|
|
Soft tissue conditions
|
82.9 (76.4, 87.9)
|
18.07 (13.5, 23.8)
|
7.6 (5.0, 11.4)
|
|
Osteoporosis
|
89.1 (81.8, 93.7)
|
17.3 (13.1, 22.5)
|
9.0 (5.1, 15.5)
|
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aSee footnote of Table 2 for details of each multimorbidity definition
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bAll prevalence estimates representative of the whole of the Australian working-age population (ages 18–64 years) by taking the NHS survey design weightings into account, unless otherwise specified
