Table 7. Top 10 Comorbidities by Age Group
| Top 10 Comorbidities by Age Group |
Number of Discharges for this Condition (in thousands) by Age Group |
| |
< 1 Year |
1-17 Years |
18-44 Years |
45-64 Years |
65-79 Years |
80+ Years |
| Total number of discharges (in thousands) |
4,751 |
1,711 |
10,123 |
8,023 |
7,912 |
5,280 |
| Fluid and electrolyte disorders (primarily dehydration and fluid overload) |
80 |
181 |
601 |
1,010 |
1,312 |
1,219 |
| Iron deficiency and other anemia |
17 |
47 |
519 |
665 |
921 |
827 |
| Chronic obstructive lung disease |
14 |
121 |
509 |
1,176 |
1,727 |
1,032 |
| Other neurological disorders |
9 |
51 |
|
|
435 |
522 |
| Coagulation and bleeding disorders |
8 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
| Weight loss |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Valvular disease |
4 |
|
|
|
|
328 |
| Hypertension (high blood pressure) |
2 |
|
835 |
3,253 |
4,220 |
2,777 |
| Hypothyroidism |
2 |
|
|
486 |
752 |
671 |
| Congestive heart failure |
2 |
|
|
354 |
819 |
924 |
| Paralysis |
|
43 |
|
|
|
|
| Affective or mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorder) |
|
33 |
406 |
563 |
|
|
| Drug abuse disorders |
|
27 |
484 |
|
|
|
| Psychoses |
|
24 |
|
|
|
|
| Obesity |
|
19 |
339 |
603 |
|
|
| Alcohol abuse disorders |
|
|
404 |
431 |
|
|
| Diabetes mellitus |
|
|
368 |
1,424 |
1,772 |
873 |
| Chronic blood loss anemia |
|
|
320 |
|
|
|
| Peripheral vascular disease |
|
|
|
|
554 |
356 |
| Renal failure |
|
|
|
|
459 |
|
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