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Table 1 Prevalence of a range of chronic diseases by data source

From: Monitoring the prevalence of chronic conditions: which data should we use?

 

Hospital DDS (HDDS)

Primary health care Dx

Dx (combined)

Rx

Dx (combined) + Rx

2007 Basque Health Survey (ESCAV)

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Survey description

Hypertension

30.342

1.54%

193.449

9.85%

207.685

10.57%

321.930

16.39%

347.344

17.68%

11.60%

High blood pressure

Lipid metabolism disorder

12.757

0.65%

140.285

7.14%

149.328

7.60%

188.704

9.61%

253.458

12.90%

6.50%

High Cholesterol

Depression

3.841

0.20%

25.103

1.28%

28.080

1.43%

120.162

6.12%

127.612

6.50%

3.30%

Anxiety-Depression

Asthma

3.557

0.18%

42.953

2.19%

44.710

2.28%

118.361

6.03%

127.208

6.48%

3.80%

Asthma

Diabetes

13.452

0.68%

81.074

4.13%

84.913

4.32%

82.994

4.23%

102.355

5.21%

3.40%

Diabetes

Osteoporosis

2.134

0.11%

25.361

1.29%

26.917

1.37%

68.091

3.47%

74.371

3.79%

2.10%

Osteoporosis

Chronic heart failure

5.766

0.29%

6.785

0.35%

10.518

0.54%

62.756

3.19%

64.191

3.27%

  

Hypothyroidism

2.047

0.10%

27.965

1.42%

29.147

1.48%

53.240

2.71%

63.553

3.24%

2.20%

Thyroid Problems

Malignant neoplasm

10.316

0.53%

28.820

1.47%

33.156

1.69%

19.040

0.97%

45.970

2.34%

0.8%

Cancer

Glaucoma

1.057

0.05%

14.543

0.74%

15.183

0.77%

39.047

1.99%

41.895

2.13%

  

Migraine

326

0.02%

11.234

0.57%

11.463

0.58%

14.497

0.74%

20.428

1.04%

1.9%

Migraine

Parkinson´s disease

867

0.04%

3.095

0.16%

3.571

0.18%

8.214

0.42%

8.883

0.45%

  
  1. Notes:
  2. Total study population: 1,964,337 (over 14 years of age).
  3. Dx: Diagnoses refers to individuals who have visited their general practitioner or have been admitted to hospital and have been diagnosed at least once with one of the listed medical conditions during the 12 months of the study.
  4. Rx: Prescriptions means that in the primary care electronic medical record there is an entry corresponding to the issuing of a prescription (during the same 12-month period) from which it is deduced that the patient has one of the listed medical conditions.
  5. These three sources of information are not exclusive – a single patient may be detected as having one these medical conditions through hospital, primary care and prescriptions data, although only is counted once.
  6. The health survey covered all the population, including children.