Table 3 Example of multimorbidity pattern: neuropsychiatric pattern considering observed/expected ratio in one cluster across men aged 65–79 years

ICPC2

Diagnosis

Prev^b (%)

O/E r^c

Prev^b (%)

O/E r^c

Prev^b (%)

O/E r^c

Prev^b (%)

O/E r^c

Prev^b (%)

O/E r^c

Prev^b (%)

O/E r^c

K86

Hypertension, uncomplicated

67.3

0.99

70.0

1.03

71.0

1.05

68.9

1.02

68.1

1.02

66.2

0.99

T93

Lipid disorder

54.5

1.10

58.6

1.17

60.6

1.20

59.9

1.18

60.3

1.18

58.7

1.15

Y85

Benign prostatic hypertrophy

45.7

1.10

43.9

1.05

42.4

1.01

42.4

1.02

42.9

1.03

44.5

1.08

T90

Diabetes, non-insulin dependent

37.8

1.23

42.5

1.39

45.5

1.49

43.2

1.43

42.1

1.40

38.2

1.28

K90

Stroke/cerebrovascular accident

34.9

4.31

35.4

4.56

35.5

4.73

35.0

4.86

35.3

5.11

35.5

5.34

P76

Depressive disorder

34.1

3.11

32.1

2.95

30.4

2.83

31.4

2.94

31.9

3.04

32.3

3.19

P70

Dementia

28.2

6.56

24.3

6.24

22.2

6.32

22.2

6.84

21.5

7.52

21.7

8.73

F92

Cataract

23.8

1.11

24.1

1.14

24.3

1.16

23.4

1.14

23.7

1.20

21.2

1.13

K76

Ischaemic heart disease without angina

21.5

2.12

24.0

2.42

24.4

2.52

24.4

2.57

22.5

2.44

20.0

2.23

K92

Atherosclerosis/peripheral vascular disease

19.6

2.16

23.4

2.63

25.2

2.92

23.7

2.83

22.6

2.78

20.3

2.60

K91

Cerebrovascular disease

19.4

5.84

20.1

6.08

20.9

6.46

20.8

6.57

21.4

6.90

21.2

7.07

N87

Parkinsonism

17.3

6.74

15.0

6.14

13.6

5.88

13.6

6.12

13.9

6.66

14.2

7.10

K75

Acute myocardial infarction

13.5

2.06

15.8

2.47

15.6

2.50

15.8

2.62

14.9

2.52

12.8

2.28

N99

Neurological disease, other

13.5

5.08

13.0

4.96

12.8

4.98

13.3

5.24

13.9

5.65

14.7

6.22

P71

Organic psychosis, other

13.5

6.13

12.3

5.77

11.7

5.66

11.4

5.76

12.0

6.35

12.6

6.99

K89

Transient cerebral ischaemia

11.1

3.58

10.6

3.52

10.3

3.54

9.8

3.50

9.7

3.63

9.0

3.62

K74

Ischaemic heart disease with angina

10.3

2.35

11.1

2.58

11.3

2.71

11.9

2.93

11.1

2.79

9.7

2.50

N88

Epilepsy

8.2

6.13

7.4

5.61

7.1

5.43

7.8

6.06

8.5

6.69

9.1

7.33

A04

Weakness/tiredness. General

6.4

2.63

6.1

2.50

6.0

2.53

5.7

2.51

5.9

2.83

5.7

3.13

B81

Anaemia. Vit B12/folate deficiency

4.0

2.63

3.9

2.65

3.9

2.79

3.1

2.39

2.8

2.20

2.6

2.12

B82

Anaemia. other/unspecified

–

–

14.5

2.01

14.8

2.13

13.7

2.08

–

–

–

–

F83

Retinopathy

–

–

6.5

2.13

7.4

2.45

6.6

2.17

6.4

2.09

–

–

N94

Peripheral neuritis/neuropathy

–

–

6.2

2.07

6.5

2.22

6.6

2.25

6.5

2.28

5.7

2.07

U99

Urinary disease. Other

–

–

20.4

1.22

20.3

1.24

–

–

–

–

–

–