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Table 2 Prevalence (per 1000) of key chronic conditions by health literacy level from 2007 to 2009

From: Association between health literacy and medical care costs in an integrated healthcare system: a regional population based study

 

Health literacy level prevalence per 1000

Conditions (using HCC)

Inadequate

Marginal

Adequate

Cerebral*

73.1

60

46.9

Heart (CHF)*

359.5

334.4

272.2

Vascular*

162.6

140.1

104.8

Cancer*

191

172

148.8

Diabetes*

366.3

344.3

297.9

Arrhythmias*

204.2

182.3

142.6

  1. *Significant differences between Health Literacy and Disease status for all years (Chi-squared Test) p-value < 0.001