Table 6. Top 10 Comorbidities by Age Group

                                                      Years

                         

Comorbidity                         <1      1-17     18-44     45-64     65-79     80+ 



                                       Number of discharges (in thousands)



Fluid and electrolyte disorders    104       228       665       947     1,525   1,330

Chronic obstructive lung disease    14       106       382       843     1,629     869

(emphysema or chronic bronchitis)

Anemias                             23        49       411       421       681     580

Other neurological disorders         8        45       182

Blood clotting disorder              6        16

(coagulopathy)

Irregular heartbeat                 18                           295       993     970

(cardiac dysrhythmia)

Hypothyroidism                       2                                     552     413

Congestive heart failure             2                                     753     823

Heart valve disease                  4                                             339

Pulmonary circulation disease        3

Drug abuse                                    33       517

Depression (affective disorders)              27       230

Psychoses                                     17       185

Solid tumor without metastasis                15                 425       934     548

Paralysis                                     42

Hypertension                                           472     1,942     3,073   1,735

Diabetes mellitus without                              239       961     1,505     665

complications

Alcohol abuse                                          366       303

Kidney (renal) failure                                           297

Diabetes with chronic                                            365

complications

Hardening of the arteries                                                  523

(peripheral vascular disease)

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