| Chronic Condition | Co-morbidity prevalence among patients with specific chronic disease diagnoses | ||||
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Prevalence | Urban | Rural | Urban v. Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban v. Rural |
Variable n (%)* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Chronic Disease | 2,907 (32.0%) | 5,233 (21.8%) | < 0.0001 | 1,097 (37.7%) | 1,047 (20.0%) | < 0.0001 |
Hypertension | 1,463 (16.1%) | 2,975 (12.4%) | < 0.0001 | 767 (52.5%) | 848 (28.5%) | < 0.0001 |
Diabetes | 720 (7.9%) | 770 (3.2%) | < 0.0001 | 512 (71.1%) | 351 (45.6%) | < 0.0001 |
Abnormal blood lipids | 451 (5.0%) | 33 (0.1%) | < 0.0001 | 400 (88.8%) | 26 (78.1%) | 0.0664 |
Overweight | 650 (7.2%) | 51 (0.2%) | < 0.0001 | 466 (71.7%) | 34 (67.4%) | 0.5108 |
Chronic bronchitis | 136 (1.5%) | 142 (0.6%) | < 0.0001 | 60 (44.2%) | 36 (25.1%) | 0.0008 |
Heart attack | 115 (1.3%) | 75 (0.3%) | < 0.0001 | 85 (75.1%) | 57 (75.5%) | 0.8211 |
Coronary heart disease | 549 (6.0%) | 1,127 (4.7%) | < 0.0001 | 268 (48.9%) | 440 (39.0%) | 0.0001 |
Stroke | 167 (1.8%) | 444 (1.9%) | 0.9479 | 142 (85.2%) | 292 (65.9%) | < 0.0001 |
Asthma | 453 (5.0%) | 845 (3.5%) | < 0.0001 | 193 (42.7%) | 210 (24.8%) | < 0.0001 |
Oral cancer | 5 (0.1%) | 15 (0.1%) | 0.7031 | 5 (100%) | 5 (33.7%) | 0.0138 |
Lung cancer | 4 (0.0%) | 11 (0.1%) | 0.8581 | 2 (43.1%) | 2 (17.4%) | 0.3109 |