Patients, n (%) | Mean number of morbidities,a n (SD) | Patients with multimorbidity,b % (95% CI) | Patients with physical–mental comorbidity,b % (95% CI) | Patients with multimorbidity and physical–mental comorbidity,b % (95% CI) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All patients | 403 985 (100) | 1.11 (1.58) | 27.2 (27.1 to 27.3) | 9.5 (9.4 to 9.6) | 33.8 (33.5 to 34.1) |
Sex | |||||
Male | 199 096 (49.28) | 1.00 (1.52) | 24.4 (24.2 to 24.5) | 7.0 (6.9 to 7.2) | 27.5 (27.1 to 27.9) |
Female | 204 889 (50.72) | 1.21 (1.62) | 30.0 (29.8 to 30.2) | 11.9 (11.8 to 12.1) | 38.8 (38.4 to 39.1) |
Age, years | |||||
18–24 | 39 666 (9.82) | 0.26 (0.56) | 3.8 (3.6 to 4.0) | 2.3 (2.2 to 2.5) | 56.5 (54.0 to 59.0) |
25–34 | 63 697 (15.77) | 0.36 (0.70) | 6.9 (6.7 to 7.1) | 4.1 (3.9 to 4.2) | 55.7 (54.3 to 57.2) |
35–44 | 73 246 (18.13) | 0.53 (0.90) | 12.1 (11.9 to 12.4) | 6.8 (6.6 to 7.0) | 53.8 (52.8 to 54.9) |
45–54 | 75 375 (18.66) | 0.80 (1.15) | 19.7 (19.4 to 20.0) | 9.4 (9.2 to 9.6) | 45.8 (45.0 to 46.6) |
55–64 | 61 826 (15.30) | 1.31 (1.46) | 34.7 (34.4 to 35.1) | 12.1 (11.8 to 12.4) | 33.7 (33.1 to 34.4) |
65–74 | 47 417 (11.74) | 2.06 (1.79) | 54.8 (54.4 to 55.3) | 13.8 (13.5 to 14.2) | 24.5 (24.0 to 25.0) |
75–84 | 29 933 (7.41) | 2.97 (2.05) | 74.0 (73.4 to 74.4) | 18.1 (17.6 to 18.5) | 23.7 (23.1 to 24.2) |
≥85 | 12 825 (3.17) | 3.65 (2.20) | 83.2 (82.5 to 83.8) | 27.0 (26.2 to 27.8) | 31.7 (30.8 to 32.6) |
Socioeconomic status | |||||
1 (least deprivation) | 93 788 (23.22) | 1.05 (1.51) | 25.8 (25.5 to 26.0) | 7.5 (7.2 to 7.7) | 29.5 (28.9 to 30.0) |
2 | 90 735 (22.46) | 1.09 (1.56) | 27.0 (26.7 to 27.3) | 8.2 (8.1 to 8.4) | 30.8 (30.3 to 31.4) |
3 | 84 182 (20.84) | 1.12 (1.59) | 27.5 (27.2 to 27.8) | 9.1 (8.9 to 9.3) | 32.8 (32.2 to 33.4) |
4 | 73 865 (18.28) | 1.13 (1.63) | 27.8 (27.4 to 28.1) | 11.0 (10.8 to 11.3) | 36.8 (36.1 to 37.4) |
5 (greatest deprivation) | 61 415 (15.20) | 1.22 (1.71) | 30.0 (29.6 to 30.4) | 14.0 (13.7 to 14.2) | 41.2 (40.5 to 41.9) |
↵a Statistically significant difference in means (P<0.001) within each variable group based on t-test (sex) and one-way analysis of variance (age group and socioeconomic status).
↵b Statistically significant difference in percentage with multimorbidity (P<0.001) within each variable group based on χ2 test. SD = standard deviation.