Table 2

Prevalence of 20 common diseases in Taiwan, by age group and year

Disease	Year	Patients with condition, n (prevalence, %)	Prevalence of each disease, by age group (%)
Disease	Year	Patients with condition, n (prevalence, %)	20–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+
Hypertension	2003	126 651 (10.42)	0.22	1.38	6.31	17.11	29.91	42.36	43.26	28.78
Hypertension	2013	260 198 (18.20)*	0.43	2.38	9.54	22.91	39.64	55.39	61.71	56.64
Diabetes	2003	56 627 (4.66)	0.20	0.77	3.00	8.51	14.04	16.31	12.51	5.86
Diabetes	2013	126 991 (8.88)*	0.35	1.27	4.50	11.47	21.10	26.39	25.23	18.38
Congestive heart failure	2003	44 622 (3.67)	0.06	0.38	1.80	5.35	10.43	17.25	19.95	15.88
Congestive heart failure	2013	71 026 (4.97)*	0.09	0.45	1.87	4.99	10.10	17.19	24.78	28.24
Coronary syndrome	2003	35 539 (2.92)	0.04	0.25	1.19	3.98	8.75	14.82	16.05	11.20
Coronary syndrome	2013	60 367 (4.22)*	0.05	0.27	1.43	4.19	9.38	15.29	19.72	18.86
Cardiac dysrhythmias	2003	14 337 (1.18)	0.14	0.31	0.69	1.47	2.89	5.24	6.67	5.29
Cardiac dysrhythmias	2013	29 098 (2.04)*	0.18	0.32	0.83	1.79	3.76	6.95	10.88	12.69
Peripheral vascular disease	2003	14 873 (1.22)	0.07	0.13	0.44	1.23	3.34	7.10	8.70	4.78
Peripheral vascular disease	2013	28 562 (2.00)*	0.08	0.17	0.48	1.45	3.92	8.66	11.34	9.89
Cerebrovascular disease	2003	28 098 (2.31)	0.14	0.25	0.86	2.74	6.59	12.09	15.26	11.51
Cerebrovascular disease	2013	56 770 (3.97)*	0.18	0.38	1.12	3.24	7.82	15.35	22.51	23.85
Chronic pulmonary disease	2003	37 897 (3.12)	0.78	1.32	1.95	3.46	7.25	12.22	15.14	12.85
Chronic pulmonary disease	2013	50 705 (3.55)*	0.74	1.26	1.80	3.02	5.77	10.73	17.17	21.15
Renal disease	2003	13 999 (1.15)	0.18	0.34	0.77	1.57	2.80	4.54	5.07	3.44
Renal disease	2013	38 748 (2.71)*	0.18	0.44	1.06	2.44	5.19	9.64	13.79	14.13
Liver disease	2003	43 555 (3.58)	1.39	2.58	4.03	5.53	6.23	5.44	3.41	1.64
Liver disease	2013	71 015 (4.97)*	0.79	2.88	5.13	7.28	8.56	8.05	5.69	4.03
Dementia	2003	5194 (0.43)	0.10	0.12	0.17	0.27	0.72	2.24	5.06	6.27
Dementia	2013	18 869 (1.32)*	0.13	0.19	0.30	0.51	1.27	4.89	12.77	20.54
Other neurological disorders	2003	124 029 (10.20)	4.25	6.84	9.44	13.12	18.24	24.21	26.53	17.78
Other neurological disorders	2013	217 307 (15.20)*	6.54	10.37	13.29	16.90	21.42	29.04	33.85	31.03
Digestive disorders	2003	152 161 (12.52)	6.81	8.54	11.19	14.94	21.03	29.22	32.39	25.95
Digestive disorders	2013	227 327 (15.90)*	8.41	11.15	13.40	17.09	22.01	29.06	35.24	37.48
Osteoporosis	2003	14 732 (1.21)	0.09	0.13	0.49	2.04	3.59	5.02	6.08	5.45
Osteoporosis	2013	17 026 (1.19)	0.07	0.11	0.23	0.74	2.10	5.23	7.67	9.15
Arthritis (including rheumatoid arthritis)	2003	149 434 (12.29)	3.87	6.34	11.05	18.01	25.54	31.95	30.18	19.63
Arthritis (including rheumatoid arthritis)	2013	226 844 (15.87)*	4.18	7.28	12.01	19.46	27.70	37.45	37.03	29.30
Anxiety, dissociative and somatoform disorders	2003	52 029 (4.28)	1.27	2.48	4.17	6.34	8.48	9.99	9.49	5.91
Anxiety, dissociative and somatoform disorders	2013	89 053 (6.23)*	1.69	3.45	5.82	8.00	10.29	11.91	11.18	8.44
Bipolar disorder	2003	8251 (0.68)	0.44	0.59	0.72	0.84	0.89	1.03	0.89	0.51
Bipolar disorder	2013	15 439 (1.08)*	0.51	0.80	1.25	1.30	1.44	1.50	1.32	0.92
Depression	2003	11 630 (0.96)	0.64	0.82	0.97	1.14	1.27	1.51	1.61	1.13
Depression	2013	24 712 (1.73)*	0.86	1.30	1.89	2.00	2.24	2.52	2.59	2.25
Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders	2003	7472 (0.61)	0.48	0.80	0.74	0.57	0.43	0.40	0.55	0.51
Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders	2013	11 624 (0.81)*	0.42	0.82	1.10	1.00	0.77	0.65	0.55	0.67
Cancer	2003	37 438 (3.08)	1.26	2.22	3.77	4.11	4.47	5.50	5.46	2.93
Cancer	2013	83 065 (5.81)*	1.36	2.97	5.68	7.22	9.19	11.54	12.57	12.16

*P<0.05 compared with prevalence in 2003 using χ² tests.