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Table 2 Prevalence of longstanding conditions and multimorbidity in Scottish Health Survey 2003

From: Double trouble: the impact of multimorbidity and deprivation on preference-weighted health related quality of life a cross sectional analysis of the Scottish Health Survey

 

No. of subjects

%

SIMD1

%

SIMD2

%

SIMD3

%

SIMD4

%

SIMD5

%

Total sample

7,054

100%

1,362

19%

1,558

22%

1,609

23%

1,387

21%

1,139

16%

Age group

20-44

2,819

40%

527

39%

601

39%

609

38%

610

44%

472

41%

(mean, sd)

  

(34.5, 6.6)

 

(34.9, 6.4)

 

(34.7, 6.8)

 

(33.1, 6.7)

 

(33.1, 7.3)

 

45-64

2,639

37%

572

42%

591

38%

603

37%

463

33%

410

36%

(mean, sd)

  

(53.9, 5.4)

 

(54.1,5.6)

 

(54.5, 5.6)

 

(54.9,5.7)

 

(53.8,5.8)

 

65+

1,596

23%

262

19%

366

23%

397

25%

314

23%

257

23%

(mean, sd, max)

(72.7, 6.2,95)

 

(72.7, 6.2,95)

 

(74.2, 6.4,96)

 

(73.7, 6.7,92)

 

(73.9, 6.5,95)

 

(73.7, 6.7,94)

 

No of conditions

0

3,937

56%

916

67%

895

57%

884

55%

717

52%

526

46%

1

1,875

27%

319

23%

417

27%

444

28%

386

28%

309

27%

2

822

12%

89

7%

161

10%

207

13%

177

13%

188

17%

3+

420

6%

38

3%

85

5%

74

5%

107

8%

116

10%

Rates of multimorbidity

Total

1,242

18%

127

9%

246

16%

281

18%

284

21%

304

27%

20-44

216

8%

18

3%

37

6%

56

9%

46

8%

59

13%

45-64

505

19%

57

10%

93

16%

104

17%

119

26%

132

32%

65+

521

33%

52

20%

116

32%

121

31%

119

38%

113

44%