a decreasing trendp < 0.05
Prevalence of diseases A total of 3,493 chronic diseases were recorded in the population, corresponding to 4.6 diseases per LLI (4.8 in men and 4.5 in women, p < 0.05); there was a decreasing trend with age, from 4.7 in those under 98 vs. 3.3 in those over 100 ( p < 0.05).