Table 1 Mean numbers of chronic diseases and percentage of patients with comorbidity in patient groups according to sex, age and deprivation index quintile

452,698

2.65 (2.15)

2.37 (2.06)

2.60 (2.10)

2.72 (2.15)

2.73 (2.16)

2.87 (2.23)

57,267

2.03 (1.80)

1.82 (1.74)

1.99 (1.74)

2.11 (1.85)

2.10 (1.81)

2.18 (1.88)

41,649

2.49 (2.00)

2.26 (1.92)

2.46 (1.97)

2.58 (2.04)

2.55 (2.02)

2.59 (2.06)

42,016

2.98 (2.22)

2.74 (2.18)

2.93 (2.19)

3.05 (2.22)

3.06 (2.25)

3.11 (2.26)

30,110

3.34 (2.41)

3.10 (2.32)

3.37 (2.39)

3.45 (2.40)

3.35 (2.41)

3.44 (2.50)

21,516

3.18 (2.57)

2.92 (2.49)

3.19 (2.51)

3.25 (2.60)

3.29 (2.61)

3.29 (2.64)

192,558

2.67 (2.19)

2.42 (2.12)

2.65 (2.16)

2.75 (2.21)

2.74 (2.21)

2.81 (2.26)

62,315

1.97 (1.73)

1.67 (1.61)

1.91 (1.70)

2.04 (1.75)

2.05 (1.75)

2.24 (1.83)

48,447

2.39 (1.91)

2.07 (1.80)

2.28 (1.84)

2.45 (1.91)

2.49 (1.92)

2.66 (2.03)

55,224

2.85 (2.10)

2.53 (2.01)

2.73 (2.04)

2.90 (2.09)

2.94 (2.12)

3.13 (2.19)

45,364

3.20 (2.25)

2.89 (2.19)

3.11 (2.19)

3.27 (2.22)

3.29 (2.26)

3.48 (2.36)

48,790

2.99 (2.34)

2.72 (2.26)

2.96 (2.29)

3.07 (2.35)

3.06 (2.34)

3.22 (2.45)

260,140

2.64 (2.11)

2.34 (2.03)

2.56 (2.06)

2.70 (2.11)

2.72 (2.12)

2.91 (2.21)