Prevalence of multimorbidity in a geographically defined American population: patterns by age, sex, and race/ethnicity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the prevalence of multimorbidity involving 20 selected chronic conditions in a geographically defined US population, emphasizing age, sex, and racial/ethnic differences.

Patients and methods

Using the Rochester Epidemiology Project records linkage system, we identified all residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, on April 1, 2010, and electronically extracted the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision codes associated with all health care visits made between April 1, 2005, and March 31, 2010 (5-year capture frame). Using these codes, we defined the 20 common chronic conditions recommended by the US Department of Health and Human Services. We counted only persons who received at least 2 codes for a given condition separated by more than

SUBMITTER: Rocca WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4186914 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature