18 May 2023
The multi-morbidity report 2022 has been published by Public Health Intelligence.
Data for this report is taken from primary care (GPs), who maintain disease registers
for 12 long-term conditions, as set out in the Jersey Quality Improvement Framework
(JQIF).
Morbidities are long-term health conditions and multi-morbidity is when a person
suffers from two or more morbidities.
Studies show that people with multi-morbidity
typically suffer a lower quality of life, have more frequent and lengthy hospital
admissions, and may be more likely to die prematurely than those who do not have
multi-morbidity.
The report shows the burden of multi-morbidity experienced by
Jersey’s population.
The report shows that at the end of 2022:
- The most common condition was hypertension, with over 17,600 sufferers
- 13,375 people had two or more long-term conditions (multi-morbidity)
- Multi-morbidity becomes more common with age, and by age 85 over half of
the population are living with multi-morbidity
- Hypertension and obesity were the most commonly co-occurring morbidities,
being present in 4,380 people
- The most commonly occurring triad of conditions was hypertension, obesity and
diabetes
Read the full report.
gov.je