Mediators of Inflammation

Research Article

Chronic Comorbidities Contribute to the Burden and Costs of Persistent Asthma

Table 1

The four most common comorbidities in asthma patients in different age groups according to Special Reimbursement Register. Total numbers of asthmatic patients, asthmatic patients with the disease, and all the patients with the diseases in year 2014.
Age groupDiseaseNumber of patients with chronic disease and asthmaNumber of patients with chronic diseaseNumber of patients with asthma and special reimbursement for medicationTotal population
0–5-year oldsEpilepsy and comparable convulsive disorders28713 3 508 362 128
Chronic cardiac insufficiency11158
Diabetes mellitus10450
Treatment-resistant epilepsy9245
6–15-year oldsEpilepsy1352 307 14 746 594 087
Diabetes mellitus1013 923
Rheumatoid arthritis and comparable conditions761 714
Treatment-resistant epilepsy43794
16–29-year oldsEpilepsy2858 769 19 099 929 208
Psychosis and other severe psychiatric diseases2688 819
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease1765 183
Diabetes mellitus1619 132
30–45-year oldsPsychosis and other severe psychiatric diseases98220 723 37 292 1 082 178
Diabetes mellitus97619 326
Chronic hypertension91912 905
Rheumatoid arthritis and comparable conditions77114 483
46–59-year oldsChronic hypertension7 03183 251 54 439 1 039 779
Diabetes mellitus4 90560 454
Rheumatoid arthritis and comparable conditions2 04624 895
Psychosis and other severe psychiatric diseases1 90126 901
60–75-year oldsChronic hypertension23 081224 435 79 825 1 036 018
Diabetes mellitus14 013137 319
Chronic coronary artery disease and associated dyslipidemia8 01676 456
Rheumatoid arthritis and comparable conditions4 14638 588
76-year oldsChronic hypertension16 037145 447 42 634 430 757
Chronic coronary artery disease and associated dyslipidemia10 65784 940
Diabetes mellitus7 99570 104
Dyslipidaemia associated with chronic coronary heart disease5 28242 642