Table 2 Top 10 most common chronic conditions in patients aged 85+ by sex
Males | Females | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Disease | % | Disease | % | Disease | % |
1 | Hypertension | 61.7 | Hypertension | 66.8 | Hypertension | 64.9 |
2 | Benign prostate hypertrophy | 28.7 | Osteoporosis | 49.6 | Osteoarthritis | 37.1 |
3 | Dyslipidemia | 28.2 | Osteoarthritis | 42.5 | Osteoporosis | 35.8 |
4 | Osteoarthritis | 27.8 | Dyslipidemia | 23.4 | Dyslipidemia | 25.2 |
5 | Atrial fibrillation | 27.3 | Hypothyroidism | 21.7 | Atrial fibrillation | 22.7 |
6 | Type 2 diabetes | 22.0 | Atrial fibrillation | 20.0 | Hypothyroidism | 17.7 |
7 | Chronic renal failure | 18.2 | Osteopenia | 17.5 | Type 2 diabetes | 17.2 |
8 | Hearing loss | 16.8 | Type 2 diabetes | 14.4 | Hearing loss | 15.1 |
9 | Coronary artery disease | 16.3 | GERD | 14.4 | Osteopenia | 13.5 |
10 | Glaucoma | 14.4 | Hearing loss | 14.1 | Glaucoma | 13.3 |