Prevalence of Chronic Diseases and Selected Risk Factors in Subgroups of Older Singaporeans†
| National Health Survey, 2004 and 2010‡ . | Other studies on older Singaporeans, 2012–2017 . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic disease/risk factor . | Prevalence (%) . | Chronic disease/risk factor . | Prevalence (%) . | |
| 2004 . | 2010 . | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | 28.7 | 29.1 | Frailty/pre-frailty|| | 4.5/40.6 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 26.7 | 23.3 | Frailty/pre-frailty¶ | 6.2/37.0 |
| Hypertension | 56.1 | 53.4 | Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis# | 11.0 |
| Chronic kidney disease§ | — | 6.8 | Cognitive impairment†† | 25.5 |
| Daily smoking | 9.6 | 11.4 | Dementia†† | 10.0 |
| Insufficient physical activity | 35.8 | 40.0 | Glaucoma‡‡ | 4.0 |
| Obesity | 7.6 | 7.2 | Depression§§ | 3.7 |
| Regular alcohol consumption | 3.9 | 3.6 | Limitations in activities of daily living|||| | 9.1 |
| National Health Survey, 2004 and 2010‡ . | Other studies on older Singaporeans, 2012–2017 . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic disease/risk factor . | Prevalence (%) . | Chronic disease/risk factor . | Prevalence (%) . | |
| 2004 . | 2010 . | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | 28.7 | 29.1 | Frailty/pre-frailty|| | 4.5/40.6 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 26.7 | 23.3 | Frailty/pre-frailty¶ | 6.2/37.0 |
| Hypertension | 56.1 | 53.4 | Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis# | 11.0 |
| Chronic kidney disease§ | — | 6.8 | Cognitive impairment†† | 25.5 |
| Daily smoking | 9.6 | 11.4 | Dementia†† | 10.0 |
| Insufficient physical activity | 35.8 | 40.0 | Glaucoma‡‡ | 4.0 |
| Obesity | 7.6 | 7.2 | Depression§§ | 3.7 |
| Regular alcohol consumption | 3.9 | 3.6 | Limitations in activities of daily living|||| | 9.1 |
†Data pertain to the corresponding subgroups of older Singaporeans.
‡Persons aged 60–69 years (Ministry of Health, 2004, 2010).
§Persons aged 55–69 years (Ministry of Health, 2004, 2010).
||Community-dwelling individuals aged ≥55 years (Wei, Nyunt, Gao, Wee, & Ng, 2017).
¶Community-dwelling individuals aged ≥65 years (Merchant et al., 2017).
#Patients aged ≥50 years (Leung et al., 2018).
††Resident population aged ≥60 years (Subramaniam et al., 2015); dementia assessment based on 10/66 protocol.
‡‡Community-dwelling individuals of Chinese ethnicity aged ≥40 years, mean age of 60 years (Baskaran et al., 2015).
§§Resident population aged ≥60 years (Subramaniam et al., 2016); depression assessment based on Geriatric Mental State.
||||Community-dwelling individuals aged ≥60 years (Malhotra, Chan, Malhotra, & Ostbye, 2012).
Prevalence of Chronic Diseases and Selected Risk Factors in Subgroups of Older Singaporeans†
| National Health Survey, 2004 and 2010‡ . | Other studies on older Singaporeans, 2012–2017 . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic disease/risk factor . | Prevalence (%) . | Chronic disease/risk factor . | Prevalence (%) . | |
| 2004 . | 2010 . | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | 28.7 | 29.1 | Frailty/pre-frailty|| | 4.5/40.6 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 26.7 | 23.3 | Frailty/pre-frailty¶ | 6.2/37.0 |
| Hypertension | 56.1 | 53.4 | Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis# | 11.0 |
| Chronic kidney disease§ | — | 6.8 | Cognitive impairment†† | 25.5 |
| Daily smoking | 9.6 | 11.4 | Dementia†† | 10.0 |
| Insufficient physical activity | 35.8 | 40.0 | Glaucoma‡‡ | 4.0 |
| Obesity | 7.6 | 7.2 | Depression§§ | 3.7 |
| Regular alcohol consumption | 3.9 | 3.6 | Limitations in activities of daily living|||| | 9.1 |
| National Health Survey, 2004 and 2010‡ . | Other studies on older Singaporeans, 2012–2017 . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic disease/risk factor . | Prevalence (%) . | Chronic disease/risk factor . | Prevalence (%) . | |
| 2004 . | 2010 . | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | 28.7 | 29.1 | Frailty/pre-frailty|| | 4.5/40.6 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 26.7 | 23.3 | Frailty/pre-frailty¶ | 6.2/37.0 |
| Hypertension | 56.1 | 53.4 | Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis# | 11.0 |
| Chronic kidney disease§ | — | 6.8 | Cognitive impairment†† | 25.5 |
| Daily smoking | 9.6 | 11.4 | Dementia†† | 10.0 |
| Insufficient physical activity | 35.8 | 40.0 | Glaucoma‡‡ | 4.0 |
| Obesity | 7.6 | 7.2 | Depression§§ | 3.7 |
| Regular alcohol consumption | 3.9 | 3.6 | Limitations in activities of daily living|||| | 9.1 |
†Data pertain to the corresponding subgroups of older Singaporeans.
‡Persons aged 60–69 years (Ministry of Health, 2004, 2010).
§Persons aged 55–69 years (Ministry of Health, 2004, 2010).
||Community-dwelling individuals aged ≥55 years (Wei, Nyunt, Gao, Wee, & Ng, 2017).
¶Community-dwelling individuals aged ≥65 years (Merchant et al., 2017).
#Patients aged ≥50 years (Leung et al., 2018).
††Resident population aged ≥60 years (Subramaniam et al., 2015); dementia assessment based on 10/66 protocol.
‡‡Community-dwelling individuals of Chinese ethnicity aged ≥40 years, mean age of 60 years (Baskaran et al., 2015).
§§Resident population aged ≥60 years (Subramaniam et al., 2016); depression assessment based on Geriatric Mental State.
||||Community-dwelling individuals aged ≥60 years (Malhotra, Chan, Malhotra, & Ostbye, 2012).
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