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Table 2 Overall prevalence of the 10 most frequent chronic diseases and of multimorbidity among Spanish nationals, documented migrants, and undocumented migrants

From: Multimorbidity and chronic diseases among undocumented migrants: evidence to contradict the myths

Men

Women

 

Spanish nationals

DM

UM

 

Spanish nationals

DM

UM

Multimorbidity

39.58%

13.93%

3.69%

Multimorbidity

50.94%

26.01%

8.55%

Hypertension

22.09%

5.34%

2.10%

Hypertension

24.83%

6.43%

3.19%

Dyslipidemia

20.84%

9.23%

2.96%

Dyslipidemia

20.58%

8.19%

3.09%

Diabetes

8.66%

2.56%

1.07%

Varicose legs

15,43%

9,37%

3,64%

Arthropathy

7.72%

1.68%

0.53%

Artropathy

14.20%

3.32%

1.28%

Dermatitis

6.37%

4.70%

1.09%

Depression

12.13%

5.34%

2.18%

Obesity

6.16%

2.37%

0.81%

Thyroid disease

10.00%

5.69%

2.42%

Prostate hypertrophy

6.38%

0.58%

0.12%

Osteoporosis

10.32%

1.60%

0.57%

Depression

4.58%

1.60%

0.64%

Obesity

8.62%

5.38%

2.24%

Low back pain

3.75%

4.36%

0.52%

Dermatitis

7.57%

6.90%

1.61%

COPD

4.28%

0.56%

0.20%

Diabetes

7.35%

2.51%

1.23%

  1. DM documented migrants, UM undocumented migrants