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Table 5 Number of diseases by age groups and cancer status

From: Multimorbidity clusters in adults 50 years or older with and without a history of cancer: National Health Interview Survey, 2018

 

Number of Diseases n (%)

 
 

2–3

4–5

6 + 

p value

Cancer Survivors

   

0.0001

 50–64

117 (33.8)

62 (20.4)

27 (16.8)

 

 65–74

117 (33.8)

113 (37.2)

65 (40.4)

 

 75–84

75 (21.7)

93 (30.6)

42 (26.1)

 

 85 + 

37 (10.7)

36 (11.8)

27 (16.8)

 

Controls

   

 < .0001

 50–64

2006 (47.5)

662 (36.5)

239 (32.4)

 

 65–74

1340 (31.8)

651 (36.0)

286 (38.7)

 

 75–84

639 (15.1)

361 (19.9)

152 (20.6)

 

 85 + 

235 (5.57)

137 (7.56)

61 (8.27)