From: A systematic method for comparing multimorbidity in national surveys
Number of disease conditions | SADHS 2016 (%, 95% CI) | SABSSM 2017 (%, 95% CI) | NIDS 2017 (%, 95% CI) | ||||||
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Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |
No disease | 48.6 (47.0–50.1) | 55.8 (53.5–58.1) | 41.8 (40.0–43.4) | 71.9 (70.8–73.1) | 78.6 (77.3–79.9) | 65.9 (64.3–67.4) | 74.5 (73.5–75.4) | 76.0 (74.5–77.5) | 71.7 (73.0–74.2) |
1 disease | 30.8 (29.5–32.0) | 29.4 (27.5–31.2) | 32.1 (30.6–33.7) | 22.2 (21.2–23.2) | 17.3 (16.1–18.5) | 26.7 (25.4–28.0) | 22.8 (21.8–23.8) | 22.1 (20.7–23.6) | 22.3 (23.4–24.6) |
2 diseases | 14.1 (13.2–15.1) | 10.5 (9.4 – 11.8) | 17.4 (16.2–18.7) | 4.9 (4.5–5.4) | 3.5 (3.0–4.0) | 6.3 (5.7–6.9) | 2.3 (2.1–2.6) | 1.5 (1.2–1.9) | 2.7 (3.1–3.5) |
3 + diseases | 6.6 (5.9– 7.3) | 4.3 (3.5–5.2) | 8.7 (7.8–9.8) | 0.9 (0.7–1.2) | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) | 1.2 (1.0–1.5) | 0.4 (0.3–0.5) | 0.3 (0.2–0.5) | 0.4 (0.5–0.7) |
Multimorbidity (≥ 2 diseases) | 20.7 (19.5–21.9) | 14.8 (13.4–16.3) | 26.2 (24.7–27.7) | 5.9 (5.4–6.4) | 4.1 (3.6–4.7) | 7.5 (6.8–8.2) | 2.7 (2.4–3.1) | 1.8 (1.5–2.3) | 3.6 (3.2–4.0) |