The extra cost of comorbidity: multiple illnesses and the economic burden of non-communicable diseases

Table 4 Prevalence of comorbidities among the 10 selected chronic diseases (%, n = 469,255)^a

	No other disease^b	Stroke	Heart disease	Cancer^c	Diabetes	Chronic kidney disease	Respiratory illness^d	Cirrhosis	Alcohol use disorders	Major depression
No disease	79.88
Stroke	0.39
Heart disease	1.62	0.05
Cancers^c	1.58	0.02	0.08
Diabetes	4.15	0.08	0.60	0.21
Chronic kidney disease	0.32	0.01	0.07	0.04	0.11
Respiratory illness^d	5.34	0.05	0.33	0.23	0.66	0.06
Cirrhosis	0.28	0.00	0.02	0.03	0.09	0.01	0.05
Alcohol use disorders	0.61	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.06	0.01	0.11	0.10
Major depression	1.22	0.01	0.04	0.05	0.12	0.01	0.19	0.01	0.06
Neurological disorders	0.55	0.04	0.07	0.04	0.11	0.04	0.07	0.01	0.02	0.02

^aCalculated among persons with two chronic diseases or less (98.5% of the sample)
^bOf the nine other selected chronic diseases
^cBreast/Lung/Colorectal/Stomach/Liver/Kidney/Pancreatic/Oesophageal
^dChronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma

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