Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and percentage of multimorbidity (≥ 2 chronic conditions)

Age group

 19–39

30.6 (27.0, 34.4)

43.0 (35.8, 50.5)

16.1 (13.4, 19.1)

16.7 (10.6, 25.2)

23.1 (20.8, 25.5)

33.2 (27.9, 39.0)

 40–54

39.2 (35.3, 43.1)

42.1 (35.8, 48.6)

33.2 (29.7, 37.0)

33.7 (27.5, 40.4)

36.1 (33.4, 38.9)

38.1 (33.6, 42.7)

 55–93

30.3 (26.7, 34.1)

59.6 (52.1, 66.8)

50.7 (46.8, 54.6)

59.0 (53.3, 64.3)

40.9 (38.1, 43.6)

59.2 (54.7, 63.5)

Sex

 Female

75.5 (71.9, 78.8)

49.3 (44.6, 54.0)

72.7 (69.1, 76.0)

41.5 (37.0, 46.2)

74.1 (71.5, 76.5)

45.4 (42.1, 48.7)

 Male

24.5 (21.2, 28.5)

41.7 (33.6, 50.3)

27.3 (24.0, 30.9)

47.2 (39.6, 54.9)

25.9 (23.5, 28.5)

44.7 (39.1, 50.5)

Formal education

 Primary or less

38.5 (34.7, 42.5)

47.7 (41.0, 54.4)

64.6 (60.8, 68.3)

52.1 (47.1, 57.0)

52.3 (49.2, 54.8)

50.5 (46.5, 54.5)

 Secondary

31.7 (28.0, 35.6)

43.1 (35.9, 50.6)

26.6 (23.2, 30.2)

23.6 (17.7, 30.8)

29.0 (26.5, 31.7)

33.7 (28.9, 39.0)

 Post-secondary

29.8 (26.2, 33.6)

50.9 (43.4, 58.3)

8.8 (6.8, 11.3)

38.5 (26.3, 52.2)

18.9 (16.8, 21.3)

48.0 (41.5, 54.5)

Marital status

 Single/divorced/widowed

41.7 (37.8, 45.7)

53.5 (47.2, 59.7)

22.9 (19.8, 26.3)

48.7 (43.7, 53.7)

32.0 (29.5, 34.7)

48.7 (43.7, 53.7)

 Married/cohabiting

58.3 (54.3, 62.2)

43.4 (38.2, 48.8)

77.1 (73.7, 80.0)

44.0 (40.6, 47.4)

68.0 (65.3, 70.5)

44.0 (410, 47.4)

Employment status

 No

32.0 (28.3, 35.9)

60.1 (52.7, 66.9)

27.9 (24.5, 31.6)

63.8 (56.0, 70.8)

29.9 (37.4, 32.5)

61.2 (56.5, 66.8)

 Yes

68.0 (64.1, 71.7)

42.9 (38.0, 47.9)

72.1 (68.4, 75.5)

36.8 (32.4, 41.4)

70.1 (67.5, 72.6)

39.6 (36.3, 43.0)

In debt

 No/little

75.1 (71.7, 78.2)

38.1 (33.9, 42.5)

76.5 (73.3, 79.4)

33.0 (29.2, 37.1)

75.8 (73.5, 78.0)

35.4 (32.6, 38.4)

 High

24.9 (21.8, 28.3)

55.0 (47.5, 62.4)

23.5 (20.6, 26.7)

58.3 (50.6, 65.6)

24.2 (22.0, 26.5)

56.6 (51.2, 61.9)