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Table 1 Overall multimorbidity prevalence (weighted)

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)

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)

  1. SADHS 2016: South African Demographic and Health Survey 2016. SABSSM 2017: South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey 2017. NIDS 2017: National Income Dynamics Study 2017