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Table 3 Prevalence of disease specific multimorbidity among background characteristics

From: The burden of disease-specific multimorbidity among older adults in India and its states: evidence from LASI

Characteristic

Hypertension

Diabetes

Cancer

Chronic Lung disease

Chronic Heart disease

Stroke

Arthritis

Depression

Cholesterol

Thyroid

Angina

Age group

 60–64

72.7

79.2

76.5

73.9

94.1

83.6

68.4

76.6

91.2

90.5

61.0

 65–69

74.0

86.1

78.0

68.5

90.7

89.5

71.7

76.7

96.1

87.1

66.8

 70–74

72.6

82.5

88.1

81.7

94.5

83.9

71.1

87.3

97.9

77.1

63.4

 75–79

69.1

84.1

95.8

77.5

79.1

77.8

68.3

82.3

85.6

86.5

66.3

 80 + 

64.7

88.3

70.8

75.8

89.7

79.4

73.4

89.5

53.1

94.6

70.7

Sex

 Male

73.1

80.1

81.1

69.8

88.0

84.4

63.6

80.9

81.9

82.9

63.5

 Female

70.8

86.3

80.6

80.7

94.3

82.9

74.8

80.1

96.4

87.3

65.9

Place of residence

 Rural

69.9

81.7

72.6

72.9

89.3

78.5

68.3

79.7

90.8

83.4

60.7

 Urban

74.3

84.7

90.2

80.8

90.9

94.3

74.8

86.3

88.3

88.3

78.1

Education

 Illiterate

68.4

83.7

71.4

72.6

89.2

78.2

68.0

80.2

95.1

78.3

59.8

 Primary

73.8

81.8

86.2

75.1

90.7

90.3

69.2

86.2

93.1

94.2

70.8

 Secondary

77.2

85.5

91.0

82.6

91.8

89.8

77.9

78.2

92.4

89.6

76.5

 Higher

66.6

76.3

84.0

84.8

97.2

73.8

80.6

87.7

65.4

84.7

84.0

Marital Status

 Currently married

73.6

82.9

76.5

72.2

89.7

87.1

66.8

82.2

85.9

84.5

64.9

 Others

67.2

84.2

86.1

79.5

93.5

78.6

75.2

80.7

95.9

88.9

64.7

Religion

 Hindu

71.6

82.4

80.0

74.8

90.7

83.5

69.6

81.3

86.7

88.3

63.5

 Muslim

72.1

87.4

77.3

72.8

94.4

88.0

74.1

85.7

97.5

70.4

70.0

 Others

72.4

86.9

92.9

85.1

86.5

79.8

73.6

76.9

93.4

95.9

69.9

Social group

 SC/ST

68.2

81.6

61.6

70.4

86.7

82.6

65.9

82.5

94.8

73.5

60.1

 OBC

74.3

83.5

77.4

76.7

91.2

80.5

70.7

79.0

82.5

88.5

64.4

 Others

70.3

83.6

89.9

77.3

92.6

88.4

73.7

84.6

95.2

88.6

70.5

Wealth Index

 Poorest

65.7

82.1

40.5

65.7

92.0

78.3

65.0

76.9

96.5

92.5

58.9

 Poorer

66.3

81.9

75.9

70.3

91.2

82.3

63.7

91.5

97.3

86.9

63.1

 Middle

69.3

80.3

64.5

74.5

82.4

75.6

72.1

78.1

66.9

86.4

63.6

 Richer

76.3

82.5

93.6

78.8

89.4

93.4

71.1

82.4

92.4

79.1

67.2

 Richest

78.7

87.6

78.3

84.9

96.6

88.6

79.8

79.1

90.7

91.0

72.5

Tobacco/Smoke

 Yes

71.8

79.8

66.8

70.9

87.4

82.9

65.3

79.9

89.0

92.4

60.3

 No

71.5

84.6

86.9

78.5

92.9

84.2

73.3

82.7

89.0

83.8

68.3

Alcohol

 Yes

74.9

82.0

81.3

65.8

89.3

79.8

57.4

84.2

82.5

92.4

58.6

 No

71.2

83.5

80.7

77.2

91.2

84.5

72.1

81.2

90.1

85.8

65.8

Physical activity

 None

74.2

84.0

79.6

75.9

92.6

82.1

70.6

84.1

96.6

79.1

72.8

 Moderate

70.5

85.2

82.9

78.5

88.4

86.5

74.8

85.0

91.9

89.5

63.6

 Vigorous

71.1

80.4

41.3

75.3

93.9

82.1

59.6

75.7

37.6

90.7

61.1

 Moderate Vigorous

69.1

78.9

81.1

67.6

92.4

84.2

63.2

71.9

90.5

90.8

56.6

Ill-treatment

 Yes

80.3

92.5

91.0

80.2

68.9

80.0

70.5

81.6

86.6

93.4

66.7

 No

70.9

82.9

79.4

75.0

92.4

83.9

71.0

82.4

88.9

84.9

64.2

Satisfaction with current living arrangement

 Strongly satisfied

67.5

77.0

83.6

75.5

92.8

86.8

68.5

81.2

75.1

82.1

63.7

 Satisfied

69.8

83.4

82.8

74.1

89.8

81.6

67.8

83.2

96.2

86.6

65.1

 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

78.0

87.1

76.1

76.4

91.9

81.0

76.5

78.5

90.0

87.8

61.2

 Dissatisfied

78.8

90.4

51.9

78.3

93.3

94.9

74.1

80.3

89.7

97.5

72.7

 Strongly dissatisfied

80.6

96.1

90.0

93.9

81.8

71.4

91.0

98.0

99.5

81.7

67.7

Total

71.7

83.3

80.8

75.3

91.0

83.7

70.5

81.6

89.2

86.2

64.8