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<blockquote data-quote="Tannith" data-source="post: 2307214" data-attributes="member: 422465"><p>These are the ones that DO:</p><p><strong>About 15 million people in England have a long-term condition (1). Long-term conditions or chronic diseases are conditions for which there is currently no cure, and which are managed with drugs and other treatment, for example: diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, arthritis and hypertension.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Long-term conditions</strong></span></p><p>Long-term conditions are more prevalent in older people <strong><u>(58 per cent of people over 60</u></strong> compared to 14 per cent under 40) and in more deprived groups (people in the poorest social class have a 60 per cent higher prevalence than those in the richest social class and 30 per cent more severity of disease) (1).</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/time-think-differently/trends-disease-and-disability-long-term-conditions-multi-morbidity" target="_blank">https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/time-think-differently/trends-disease-and-disability-long-term-conditions-multi-morbidity</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tannith, post: 2307214, member: 422465"] These are the ones that DO: [B]About 15 million people in England have a long-term condition (1). Long-term conditions or chronic diseases are conditions for which there is currently no cure, and which are managed with drugs and other treatment, for example: diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, arthritis and hypertension.[/B] [SIZE=5][B]Long-term conditions[/B][/SIZE] Long-term conditions are more prevalent in older people [B][U](58 per cent of people over 60[/U][/B] compared to 14 per cent under 40) and in more deprived groups (people in the poorest social class have a 60 per cent higher prevalence than those in the richest social class and 30 per cent more severity of disease) (1). [URL]https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/time-think-differently/trends-disease-and-disability-long-term-conditions-multi-morbidity[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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