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Table 3 Prevalence estimates according to the identification method (n = 476,252)

From: The extra cost of comorbidity: multiple illnesses and the economic burden of non-communicable diseases

 

Long-Term Illness dataa

Hospital discharge datab

Drug Dispensing datac

Overall prevalence estimates

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Stroke

1938

0.4

3077

0.7

  

4348

0.9

Heart disease

11,764

2.5

12,461

2.6

  

17,465

3.7

Cancerd

10,482

2.2

7423

1.6

  

12,656

2.7

Diabetes

24,705

5.2

16,245

3.4

30,454

6.4

33,686

7.1

Chronic kidney disease

1253

0.3

4761

1.0

 

5267

1.1

Respiratory illnesse

1081

0.2

6209

1.3

34,671

7.3

37,203

7.8

Alcohol use disorder

927

0.2

6188

1.3

  

6683

1.4

Cirrhosis

1073

0.2

3847

0.8

 

4360

0.9

Major depression

9168

1.9

  

9168

1.9

Neurological disorders

3355

0.7

4201

0.9

1112

0.2

5945

1.3

  1. aChronic diseases were identified using the ICD-10 classification (Table 1) of the Long-Term Illness registry
  2. bChronic diseases were identified using the ICD-10 classification (Table 1) of diagnoses reported in the hospital discharge database
  3. cWe considered that a person had a chronic disease if they had been dispensed at least three drugs in the corresponding ATC category [17] at different times over the calendar year
  4. dBreast/Lung/Colorectal/Stomach/Liver/Kidney/Pancreatic/Oesophageal
  5. eChronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma