Table 3 Temporal trends in chronic conditions.
From: Prevalence, associated factors and temporal trends in multimorbidity in older adults in Singapore
Year of study | 0 chronic conditions | 1 chronic condition | 2 or more chronic conditions/Multimorbidity | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Overall | |||||||
2012 | 453 | 19.3 | 692 | 29.3 | 1420 | 51.5 | 0.180 |
2023 | 310 | 22.5 | 518 | 29.1 | 1182 | 48.4 | |
Age group (years) | |||||||
60–74 | |||||||
2012 | 769 | 47.2 | 416 | 31.0 | 304 | 21.7 | 0.126 |
2023 | 512 | 43.6 | 335 | 30.1 | 243 | 26.3 | |
75–84 | |||||||
2012 | 423 | 64.7 | 158 | 23.8 | 95 | 11.5 | 0.790 |
2023 | 407 | 62.1 | 125 | 26.4 | 48 | 11.5 | |
85+ | |||||||
2012 | 228 | 60.6 | 118 | 25.5 | 54 | 13.9 | 0.422 |
2023 | 263 | 64.0 | 58 | 27.0 | 19 | 9.0 | |
