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Prevalence of Multiple Chronic Conditions Among US Adults, 2018
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This analysis provides prevalence estimates of diagnosed single and multiple (≥2) chronic conditions among the noninstitutionalized, civilian US adult population. Data from the 2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) were used to estimate percentages for US adults by selected demographic characteristics. More than half (51.8%) of adults had at least 1 of 10 selected diagnosed chronic conditions (arthritis, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary heart disease, current asthma, diabetes, hepatitis, hypertension, stroke, and weak or failing kidneys), and 27.2% of US adults had multiple chronic conditions.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Boersma, P., Black, L. I., & Ward, B. W.
- Affiliations
- National Center for Health Statistics (US)
- Corresponding author
- Boersma, Peter
- Venue
- Preventing Chronic Disease
- Published
- 2020-09-17
- Volume
- 17
- Pages
- E106-E106
- ISSN
- 1545-1151 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7553211
- OpenAlex
- W3087450266
- Cited by
- 702
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 80 · 2025: 173 · 2024: 163 · 2023: 131 · 2022: 117 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 51.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- Locations
- Preventing Chronic Disease (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Healthcare Policy and Management
- Keywords
- multimorbidity, chronic disease prevalence, comorbidities, arthritis, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, asthma, diabetes mellitus, hepatitis, hypertension, stroke, kidney disease, demographic differences, United States adults
- MeSH terms
- Multiple Chronic Conditions, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, United States, Prevalence, Young Adult
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