The prevalence of multimorbidity in primary care: a comparison of two definitions of multimorbidity with two different lists of chronic conditions in Singapore

Table 5 Standardized Prevalence Rates – prevalence rates are standardised for age and sex

	Chinese		Malay		Indian		Others
	CPR^d, %	EAS SPR^a, % (CI^c)	CPR^d, %	EAS SPR^a, % (CI^c)	CPR^d, %	EAS SPR^a, % (CI^c)	CPR^d, %	EAS SPR^a, % (CI^c)
CDMP^b MM^e2⁺	33.0	22.7 (22.6, 22.8)	21.8	20.3 (20.0, 20.6)	27.2	21.2 (21.0, 21.5)	16.8	14.4 (14.1, 14.8)
CDMP^b MM^e3⁺	19.3	12.5 (12.4, 12.6)	14.0	12.6 (12.4, 12.8)	17.7	13.1 (12.9, 13.4)	9.6	7.7 (7.4, 7.9)
Fortin MM2⁺	37.6	26.8 (26.7, 26.9)	24.9	23.5 (23.2, 23.8)	31.1	24.9 (24.6, 25.2)	19.7	17.3 (16.9, 17.7)
Fortin MM3⁺	26.0	17.5 (17.4, 17.6)	18.2	16.8 (16.6, 17.0)	23.0	17.5 (17.3, 17.8)	13.3	11.1 (10.8, 11.4)

^a EAS SPR Ethnicity-stratified, age-and-sex standardized prevalence rate, ^b CDMP Chronic Disease Management Programme, ^c CI Confidence interval, ^d CPR Crude prevalence rate, ^e MM Multimorbidity

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