the 0-17 age group is diabetes (27%). Hypertension is the most common comorbid Diabetes (27%) Affective Disorders (27%) 18-34. Hypertension (23 …
High Cholesterol:
Common Comorbidities
Introduction
In 2000, 15 million Americans were estimated to have high cholesterol,
making it the fifth most prevalent chronic condition in the United States
One person in eight with a chronic condition has high cholesterol
Figure 1
Age Distribution
High cholesterol is a chronic condition that increases in prevalence with
age One person in five in the 65-74 age group, and on person in seven in
the 75 group, has diabetes, while just one person in twelve in the 35-64
age group has diabetes Prevalence in people under the age of 35 is
negligible
Figure 2
High Cholesterol and Other Chronic Conditions
Only one person with high cholesterol in seven has no other chronic
conditions On average, a person with high cholesterol has 33 other
chronic conditions There is a positive relationship between age and
number of other chronic conditions among people with high cholesterol, as
demonstrated in Figure 3 Nearly six people in ten in the 0-17 age group,
and seven people in ten in the 18-34 age group, do not have more than one
other chronic condition, as compared to just two people in ten people in
the 65-74 and 75 age groups
without more than one other chronic condition
Figure 3
The most common comorbid condition for people across all age groups with
high cholesterol is hypertension 49 The next most common comorbid
conditions are: heart disease 24; arthritis 21; and diabetes 20
Figure 4
The most common comorbidities vary by age The most prevalent
comorbidity for people in the 0-17 age group is diabetes 27
Hypertension is the most common comorbid condition for people in the 18-34
age group 23, the 35-64 age group 43, the 65-74 age group 60, and
the 75 age group 58
Table 1
|Age |Most Common |Second-Most Common|
|Group |Comorbidity |Comorbidity |
|0-17 |Diabetes 27 |Affective |
| | |Disorders 27 |
|18-34 |Hypertension |Chronic |
| |23 |Respiratory |
| | |Infections 13 |
|35-64 |Hypertension |Diabetes 17 |
| |43 | |
|65-74 |Hypertension |Heart Disease |
| |60 |31 |
|75 |Hypertension |Heart Disease |
| |58 |43 |
Costs of High Cholesterol
The average health expenditure
for people with high cholesterol is
5,645 There is a positive relationship between average expenditure and
number of comorbid chronic conditions, as demonstrated in Figure 5
Figure 5
There is also a positive relationship between average expenditure and
age, as demonstrated in Figure 6
Figure 6
About Partnership for Solutions
Partnership for solutions, led by Johns Hopkins University and the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is an initiative to improve the care and
quality of life for the estimated 125 million Americans with chronic health
conditions The Partnership is engaged in three major activities conducting
original research and identifying existing research that clarifies the
nature of the problem; communicating these research findings to
policymakers, business leaders, health professionals, advocates, and
others; and working with public and private programs to identify promising
solutions to the problems faced by people with chronic conditions
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July
2004
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