Prevalence Of Diabetes In Malaysia 2020

The rise in the number of diabetes cases in malaysia is among the worrying findings in the nhms 2019.

Prevalence of diabetes in malaysia 2020. Total adult population. The burden of managing diabetes falls on primary and tertiary health care providers operating in various settings. In 2020 malaysia population to reach 33 8 mil statistics on causes of death malaysia 2019 home statistics by themes population demography statistics on causes of death malaysia 2019. 463 million people have diabetes in the world and 163 million people in the wp region.

An estimated 3 9 million adults in malaysia aged 18 and above had diabetes as of 2019. 16 8 total cases of diabetes in adults. The ministry of health s moh national health and morbidity survey nhms 2019 released earlier this year found that the prevalence rate of diabetes in malaysian adults increased from 13 4 per cent in 2015 to 18 3 per cent last year. Diabetes is a major public health concern in malaysia and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes t2d has escalated to 20 8 in adults above the age of 30 affecting 2 8 million individuals.

By 2045 this will rise to 212 million. According to recent statistics from the world health organisation as of 2016 a total of 4 710 malaysians 2 380 between 30 and 69 years old 2 330 ages 70 and up experienced diabetes related deaths while 13 150 malaysians 6 490 between 30 and 69 years old 6 660 ages 70 and up experienced deaths attributable to high levels of blood glucose. Malaysia is one of the 39 countries and territories of the idf wp region. The national diabetes institute nadi is giving a free for health blood screening with t and c applied.