Table 2: Frequency of chronic conditions by self-report and with health administrative data, and agreement between the 2 data sources
Chronic conditionPrevalence, %Total no. of participants*Method; no. (%) of participantsκ (95% CI)
Self-reportHealth administrative dataBoth methods
Diabetes10.5124109 (87.9)104 (83.9)89 (71.8)0.82 (0.76 to 0.88)
Thyroid disorder13.1154147 (95.4)77 (50.0)70 (45.4)0.59 (0.51 to 0.67)
Hypertension34.9411363 (88.3)260 (63.3)212 (51.6)0.57 (0.52 to 0.62)
Any cardiac disease12.0141111 (78.7)87 (61.7)57 (40.4)0.54 (0.45 to 0.62)
Cancer8.510045 (45.0)92 (92.0)37 (37.0)0.52 (0.41 to 0.62)
Asthma12.6148129 (87.2)63 (42.6)44 (29.7)0.42 (0.33 to 0.51)
Arthrosis28.6337290 (86.1)127 (37.7)80 (23.7)0.28 (0.21 to 0.34)
Rheumatoid arthritis4.85735 (61.4)33 (57.9)11 (19.3)0.30 (0.16 to 0.45)
Osteoporosis6.67871 (91.0)22 (28.2)15 (19.2)0.30 (0.18 to 0.43)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease6.37454 (73.0)31 (41.9)11 (14.9)0.23 (0.11 to 0.36)
Intestinal disease9.911697 (83.6)34 (29.3)15 (12.9)0.19 (0.1 to 0.29)
Hypercholesterolemia28.6337332 (98.5)17 (5.0)12 (3.6)0.04 (0.01 to 0.07)

Note: CI = confidence interval.

*Total number of participants with the condition who were identified either by self-report or by health administrative data.