Table 2

Prevalence of the 60 chronic diseases included in the study in individuals aged 65–94 years (n=916 619, Catalonia, 2012)

RankChronic conditionsFrequencyPercentage (%)All diseases included1%2%
1Hypertension650 89971
2Dyslipidaemia466 58550.9
3Osteoarthritis and other degenerative joint diseases300 80332.8
4Obesity262 88828.7
5Diabetes230 46025.1
6Anaemia167 57718.3
7Cataract and other lens diseases156 62217.1
8Chronic kidney diseases153 75616.8
9Prostate diseases153 63516.8
10Osteoporosis151 84716.6
11Depression and mood diseases148 75116.2
12Solid neoplasms137 04515
13Colitis and related diseases131 51214.4
14Venous and lymphatic diseases126 99713.9
15Other musculoskeletal and joint diseases124 76513.6
16Dorsopathies124 60313.6
17Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform diseases123 39513.5
18COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis109 60312
19Ischaemic heart disease95 43410.4
20Deafness, hearing impairment90 2619.9
21Sleep disorders88 7399.7
22Thyroid diseases88 4459.7
23Other genitourinary diseases85 4689.3
24Cerebrovascular disease80 2648.8
25Atrial fibrillation80 2478.8
26Oesophagus, stomach and duodenum diseases80 0438.7
27Heart failure74 0778.1
28Other eye diseases68 9397.5
29Glaucoma66 1627.2
30Inflammatory arthropathies62 4506.8
31Dementia59 2136.5
32Cardiac valve diseases52 1005.7
33Peripheral neuropathy49 1275.4
34Other psychiatric and behavioural diseases46 8415.1
35Asthma43 6634.8
36Allergy40 3944.4
37Autoimmune diseases39 3504.3
38Ear, nose, throat diseases38 7524.2
39Peripheral vascular disease30 6743.4
40Other neurological diseases28 5413.1
41Chronic pancreas, biliary tract and gall bladder diseases27 3213
42Migraine and facial pain syndromes25 9992.8
43Bradycardias and conduction diseases25 4762.8
44Chronic liver diseases22 6332.5
45Other digestive diseases22 0222.4
46Parkinson and parkinsonism20 8332.3
47Other metabolic diseases18 9972.1
48Other cardiovascular diseases16 8331.8
49Other skin diseases15 3631.7
50Chronic ulcer of the skin13 8691.5
51Blood and blood-forming organ diseases13 5751.5
52Other respiratory diseases99741.1
53Epilepsy89811
54Haematological neoplasms81740.9
55Chronic infectious diseases66470.7
56Inflammatory bowel diseases55490.6
57Schizophrenia and delusional diseases47920.5
58Blindness, visual impairment47720.5
59Multiple sclerosis5760.1
60Chromosomal abnormalities770
  • In the last three columns, list of diseases was included by prevalence cut-off (All, 1%, 2%).

  • COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.