Contribution of chronic diseases to the mild and severe disability burden in Belgium

Yokota, Renata T. C.; Van der Heyden, Johan; Demarest, Stefaan; Tafforeau, Jean; Nusselder, Willma J.; Deboosere, Patrick; Van Oyen, Herman

doi:10.1186/s13690-015-0083-y

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Table 7 Rank of absolute contribution of diseases and background to the prevalence of disability, according to disability severity in women. Health Interview Survey, Belgium, 1997, 2001, 2004, and 2008

From: Contribution of chronic diseases to the mild and severe disability burden in Belgium

Rank	Mild disability
	15–54 years			55–64 years			65–79 years			≥80 years
	Diseases	%	95 % CI	Diseases	%	95 % CI	Diseases	%	95 % CI	Diseases	%	95 % CI
1	Background	1.08	1.08;1.08	Arthritis	3.67	2.59;4.88	Background	10.55	10.23;10.85	Background	24.72	23.86;25.65
2	Arthritis	0.63	0.42;0.91	Background	2.83	2.79;2.86	Arthritis	6.44	4.69;8.36	Arthritis	7.68	4.82;10.54
3	Low back pain	0.59	0.40;0.81	Low back pain	1.73	1.01;2.63	Low back pain	2.38	1.47;3.35	Low back pain	2.37	1.26;3.64
4	Chronic respiratory diseases	0.30	0.16;0.45	Depression	0.61	0.25;1.05	Chronic respiratory diseases	0.94	0.45;1.51	Heart attack	1.26	0.40;2.39
5	Depression	0.27	0.12;0.43	Chronic respiratory diseases	0.57	0.29;0.89	Heart attack	0.94	0.36;1.56	Chronic respiratory diseases	0.89	0.43;1.57
6	Bowel diseases	0.19	0.07;0.34	Bowel diseases	0.45	0.17;0.77	Diabetes	0.80	0.24;1.40	Diabetes	0.74	0.21;1.47
7	Diabetes	0.07	0.02;0.13	Diabetes	0.44	0.13;0.82	Bowel diseases	0.73	0.24;1.43	Stroke	0.68	0.20;1.32
8	Heart attack	0.05	0.02;0.09	Heart attack	0.32	0.11;0.57	Depression	0.66	0.26;1.21	Bowel diseases	0.56	0.19;1.05
9	Cancer	0.03	0.00;0.07	Stroke	0.24	0.07;0.49	Stroke	0.43	0.12;0.92	Depression	0.47	0.17;0.90
10	Stroke	0.03	0.01;0.08	Cancer	0.17	0.02;0.40	Cancer	0.30	0.04;0.64	Cancer	0.20	0.02;0.49
11	Other diseases^a	0.18	−0.01;0.40	Other diseases^a	0.33	−0.03;0.78	Osteoporosis	0.33	−0.32;1.11	Osteoporosis	0.38	−0.34;1.35
12	Stomach ulcer	0.02	−0.03;0.11	Osteoporosis	0.16	−0.15;0.51	Other diseases^a	0.47	−0.05;1.09	Other diseases^a	0.56	−0.04;1.35
13	Neurological diseases	0.02	−0.01;0.07	Neurological diseases	0.08	−0.03;0.27	Stomach ulcer	0.09	−0.12;0.46	Neurological diseases	0.13	−0.04;0.41
14	Osteoporosis	0.01	−0.01;0.05	Stomach ulcer	0.07	−0.09;0.35	Neurological diseases	0.07	−0.02;0.22	Stomach ulcer	0.08	−0.12;0.43
15	Chronic cystitis	−0.01	−0.03;0.05	Chronic cystitis	−0.01	−0.06;0.10	Chronic cystitis	−0.02	−0.09;0.18	Chronic cystitis	−0.02	−0.14;0.26
-	Total disability prevalence	3.47	3.04;3.90	Total disability prevalence	11.66	9.68;13.72	Total disability prevalence	25.10	22.32;27.93	Total disability prevalence	40.71	36.32;44.77
Rank	Severe Disability
	15–54 years			55–64 years			65–79 years			≥80 years
	Diseases			Diseases	%	95 % CI	Diseases	%	95 % CI	Diseases	%	95 % CI
1	Background	0.72	0.72;0.72	Background	1.13	1.08;1.18	Arthritis	3.25	1.84;4.68	Background	26.38	24.43;28.38
2	Arthritis	0.10	0.04;0.19	Arthritis	0.76	0.35;1.28	Background	2.74	2.60;2.89	Arthritis	7.08	3.54;11.35
3	Neurological diseases	0.08	0.02;0.21	Low back pain	0.25	0.03;0.55	Low back pain	0.87	0.11;1.73	Stroke	3.04	1.64;5.04
4	Depression	0.07	0.01;0.13	Neurological diseases	0.25	0.09;0.47	Diabetes	0.84	0.36;1.40	Neurological diseases	2.54	1.34;4.18
5	Low back pain	0.07	0.01;0.15	Depression	0.19	0.02;0.40	Osteoporosis	0.80	0.12;1.56	Osteoporosis	1.61	0.24;3.29
6	Chronic respiratory diseases	0.05	0.01;0.11	Diabetes	0.18	0.07;0.33	Neurological diseases	0.71	0.35;1.14	Heart attack	1.45	0.00;3.38
7	Chronic cystitis	0.03	0.00;0.07	Osteoporosis	0.17	0.02;0.39	Stroke	0.66	0.32;1.05	Low back pain	1.41	0.18;2.80
8	Stomach ulcer	0.03	0.00;0.06	Stroke	0.15	0.05;0.31	Depression	0.54	0.05;1.06	Diabetes	1.37	0.50;2.39
9	Bowel diseases	0.03	0.00;0.08	Chronic respiratory diseases	0.13	0.01;0.29	Chronic respiratory diseases	0.48	0.05;1.03	Depression	0.93	0.08;2.00
10	Diabetes	0.02	0.01;0.04	Stomach ulcer	0.13	0.00;0.29	Heart attack	0.48	0.00;1.01	Stomach ulcer	0.92	0.00;2.37
11	Cancer	0.01	0.00;0.03	Bowel diseases	0.13	0.00;0.30	Bowel diseases	0.46	0.02;1.07	Chronic respiratory diseases	0.89	0.11;1.90
12	Heart attack	0.01	0.00;0.02	Chronic cystitis	0.09	0.01;0.20	Cancer	0.44	0.02;1.00	Chronic cystitis	0.77	0.08;1.64
13	Stroke	0.01	0.00;0.03	Cancer	0.08	0.00;0.21	Stomach ulcer	0.35	0.00;0.76	Cancer	0.72	0.02;2.16
14	Osteoporosis	0.01	0.00;0.03	Heart attack	0.07	0.00;0.17	Chronic cystitis	0.26	0.03;0.57	Bowel diseases	0.61	0.03;1.37
15	Other diseases^a	0.04	−0.03;0.13	Other diseases^a	0.11	−0.06;0.32	Other diseases^a	0.36	−0.26;1.00	Other diseases^a	0.81	−0.54;2.34
-	Total disability prevalence	1.29	1.03;1.60	Total disability prevalence	3.80	2.67;5.03	Total disability prevalence	13.26	11.29;15.41	Total disability prevalence	50.51	45.45;56.07

The disease contribution do not sum to the total disability prevalence due to rounding
Arthritis: osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; chronic respiratory diseases: asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema; neurological diseases: epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease
^aOther diseases: kidney diseases, liver diseases, gall-stones, glaucoma, cataract, thyroid problems, skin diseases, and migraine

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