Prevalence and Patterns of Comorbidity Among Middle-Aged and Elderly People in China: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on CHARLS Data

Figures & data

Figure 1 Chronic diseases prevalence by age (A) and gender (B) among middle-aged and elderly Chinese.

Figure 2 Distribution of the number of patients with the disease.

Table 1 Basic Information of the Number of Chronic Diseases

No. of Diseases	N	No. of Diseases	N
0	3921	6	25
1	1695	7	11
2	616	8	5
3	275	9	2
4	147	11	1
5	56

Table 2 The Prevalence Rate of the Top 10 Binary Comorbidities Combinations

Order	Comorbidity Mode	N	Prevalence Rate (n=6754)	Accounts for the Proportion of Binary Comorbidities Combinations (n=616)
1	Hypertension and dyslipidemia	60	0.9%	9.7%
2	Hypertension and arthritis or rheumatism	53	0.8%	8.6%
3	Stomach diseases and arthritis or rheumatism	52	0.8%	8.5%
4	Hypertension and heart attack	32	0.5%	5.2%
5	Hypertension and diabetes	30	0.4%	4.9%
6	Hypertension and stoke	29	0.4%	4.7%
7	Dyslipidemia and stomach diseases	21	0.3%	3.4%
	Dyslipidemia and diabetes	21	0.3%	3.4%
8	Hypertension and stomach diseases	19	0.3%	3.1%
9	Dyslipidemia and arthritis or rheumatism	18	0.3%	2.9%
10	Dyslipidemia and heart attack	17	0.3%	2.7%

Table 3 The Prevalence Rate of the Top 6 Ternary Comorbidities Combinations

Order	Comorbidity Mode	N	Prevalence Rate (n=6754)	Accounts for the Proportion of Ternary Comorbidities Combinations (n=275)
1	Hypertension and dyslipidemia and diabetes	17	0.3%	6.2%
2	Hypertension and dyslipidemia and arthritis or rheumatism	13	0.2%	4.7%
	Hypertension and heart attack and arthritis or rheumatism	13	0.2%	4.7%
3	Hypertension and dyslipidemia and stomach diseases	12	0.2%	4.4%
4	Hypertension and dyslipidemia and stoke	9	0.1%	3.3%
5	Hypertension and stomach diseases and arthritis or rheumatism	8	0.1%	2.9%
	Hypertension and dyslipidemia and heart attack	8	0.1%	2.9%
6	Hypertension and stomach diseases +heart attack	5	0.1%	1.8%
	Hypertension and lung diseases and arthritis or rheumatism	5	0.1%	1.8%
	Stomach diseases and lung diseases and hypertension	5	0.1%	1.8%
	Stomach diseases and lung diseases and liver diseases	5	0.1%	1.8%
	Stomach diseases and dyslipidemia+diabetes	5	0.1%	1.8%