Skip to main content

Table 4 Chronic illness prevalence by age group, gender, and country

From: Multimorbidity, health and aging in Canada and Australia: a tale of two countries

Chronic condition

Women

Men

Women

Men

Canada (%)

Australia (%)

Canada (%)

Australia (%)

Canada (%)

Australia (%)

Canada (%)

Australia (%)

 

45 to 54

55 to 64

Arthritis & Osteoporosis

1130 (19.0 +/- .01)

211 (22.4 +/- .03)*

799 (13.5 +/- .01)

133 (14.5 +/- .02)

1986 (42.9 +/- .01)

355 (43.0 +/- .03)

979 (21.9 +/- .01)

289 (36.6 +/- .03)*

Asthma

571 (9.6 +/- .01)

146 (15.6 +/- .02)*

287 (4.9 +/- .01)

92 (10.1 +/- .02)*

425 (9.2 +/- .01)

129 (16.5 +/- .03)*

224 (5.0 +/- .01)

74 (9.8 +/- .02)*

Blood Pressure

955 (16.0 +/- .01)

209 (22.0 +/- .03)*

1058 (17.9 +/- .01)

173 (18.8 +/- .03)

1455 (31.4 +/- .01)

343 (41.8 +/- .03)*

1445 (32.3 +/- .01)

297 (37.5 +/- .03)*

Bronchitis & Emphysema

272 (4.6 +/- .01)

32 (3.5 +/- .01)

119 (2.0 +/- .00)

15 (1.7 +/- .01)

261 (5.6 +/- .01)

40 (5.2 +/- .02)

160 (3.6 +/- .01)

50 (6.7 +/- .02)*

Cancer

93 (1.6 +/- .00)

45 (4.9 +/- .01)*

102 (1.7 +/- .00)

31 (3.4 +/- .01)*

112 (2.4 +/- .00)

61 (7.9 +/- .02)*

117 (2.6 +/- .00)

81 (10.9 +/- .02)*

Diabetes

380 (6.4 +/- .01)

50 (5.4 +/- .01)

373 (6.3 +/- .01)

53 (5.8 +/- .02)

459 (9.9 +/- .01)

67 (8.6 +/- .02)

595 (13.3 +/- .01)

103 (13.6 +/- .02)

Heart Disease

240 (4.0 +/- .00)

36 (3.9 +/- .01)

368 (6.2 +/- .01)

41 (4.5 +/- .01)*

303 (6.5 +/- .01)

54 (6.9 +/- .02)

536 (12.0 +/- .01)

106 (13.8 +/- .02)

 

65 to 74

75+

Arthritis & Osteoporosis

1619 (56.9 +/- .02)

318 (61.3 +/- .04)

886 (34.0 +/- .02)

191 (38.5 +/- .04)

1695 (65.7 +/- .02)

284 (70.5 +/- .04)

770 (41.5 +/- .02)

179 (55.1 +/- .05)*

Asthma

261 (9.2 +/- .01)

102 (20.9 +/- .04)*

168 (6.5 +/- .01)

49 (10.4 +/- .03)*

231 (9.0 +/- .01)

63 (17.5 +/- .04)*

137 (7.4 +/- .01)

36 (11.8 +/- .04)*

Blood Pressure

1371 (48.2 +/- .02)

281 (54.0 +/- .04)*

1170 (44.9 +/- .02)

207 (42.2 +/- .04)

1522 (59.0 +/- .02)

260 (64.8 +/- .05)*

892 (48.1 +/- .02)

162 (50.8 +/- .05)

Bronchitis & Emphysema

202 (7.1 +/- .01)

37 (7.7 +/- .02)

146 (5.6 +/- .01)

34 (7.2 +/- .02)

198 (7.7 +/- .01)

19 (5.3 +/- .02)

131 (7.1 +/- .01)

31 (10.3 +/- .03)*

Cancer

127 (4.5 +/- .01)

57 (11.9 +/- .03)*

150 (5.8 +/- .01)

74 (15.4 +/- .03)*

110 (4.3 +/- .01)

65 (18.0 +/- .04)*

151 (8.1 +/- .01)

63 (20.5 +/- .05)*

Diabetes

438 (15.4 +/- .01)

60 (12.6 +/- .03)

552 (20.0 +/- .02)

94 (19.6 +/- .04)

377 (14.6 +/- .01)

64 (17.4 +/- .04)

366 (19.7 +/- .02)

51 (16.5 +/- .04)

Heart Disease

379 (13.3 +/- .01)

79 (16.3 +/- .03)

577 (22.2 +/- .02)

81 (16.9 +/- .03)*

649 (25.1 +/- .02)

112 (29.6 +/- .05)

624 (33.6 +/- .02)

99 (31.5 +/- .05)

  1. Notes. The frequency of conditions in each age-sex-country subgroup is provided, as well as the percent and 95 % confidence interval in parentheses
  2. *p < .05 determined by Chi-square tests of differences between countries within each age-sex subgroup