National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019 Technical Report − Volume I 050 Table 4.6: Prevalence of Known Hypertension Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Above in Malaysia by Socio-Demographic Characteristics (n=10,463) (cont’d) Sociodemographic Characteristics Known Hypertension Male Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Lower Upper Lower Upper Marital Status Single 101 185,321 3.1 2.34 4.03 54 114,529 3.1 2.18 4.38 Married 1,739 2,507,704 18.3 16.77 19.88 835 1,304,062 18.9 16.84 21.05 Widow(er)/Divorcee 554 685,771 45.3 41.12 49.59 76 122,978 38.7 29.02 49.35 Education Level No Formal Education 293 371,015 34.1 27.83 40.98 53 77,031 18.8 11.86 28.36 Primary Education 873 1,095,106 26.7 23.72 29.92 339 464,603 20.7 17.22 24.71 Secondary Education 952 1,472,233 14.2 12.93 15.64 409 718,390 13.1 11.34 15.13 Tertiary Education 270 431,592 7.7 6.26 9.42 161 276,766 10.2 7.98 12.91 Occupation Government Employee 146 204,366 13.1 10.17 16.62 88 126,212 14.9 10.91 20.06 Private Employee 297 542,916 6.6 5.60 7.80 193 358,396 6.8 5.55 8.33 Self Employed 340 482,914 13.1 11.18 15.21 218 335,845 13.0 10.63 15.87 Unpaid Worker/Homemaker 576 707,317 19.9 17.54 22.40 22 55,527 33.3* 16.05 56.68 Retiree 259 384,603 48.3 41.90 54.85 176 262,653 45.3 38.06 52.67 Student 18 37,306 5.1* 2.69 9.34 12 25,456 8.0* 3.58 17.07 Not Workingb 1,038 1,433,673 53.2 49.48 56.91 388 588,697 50.2 44.80 55.63 Household Income Group Less than RM 1,000 595 837,205 48.8 43.82 53.85 218 324,945 47.5 40.59 54.58 RM 1,000 - RM 1,999 882 1,247,594 30.5 27.48 33.77 385 626,545 28.5 24.57 32.83 RM 2,000 - RM 3,999 1,105 1,795,296 28.1 25.76 30.59 532 1,019,507 29.2 25.94 32.70 RM 4,000 - RM 5,999 485 787,573 23.7 20.79 26.78 234 432,875 24.1 20.25 28.48 RM 6,000 - RM 7,999 268 508,634 25.9 22.15 30.11 137 306,700 29.4 23.04 36.72 RM 8,000 - RM 9,999 121 220,230 24.5 18.07 32.38 66 133,100 29.2 20.47 39.82 RM 10,000 and above 221 379,995 23.6 18.11 30.16 124 237,257 26.3 17.54 37.56 Household Income Quintile Quintile 1 1,098 1,532,914 40.4 36.82 44.00 433 664,832 38.1 33.65 42.80 Quintile 2 756 1,114,026 27.5 24.38 30.77 342 596,810 25.9 21.88 30.27 Quintile 3 668 1,107,380 27.8 24.90 30.89 329 627,520 29.5 25.29 34.12 Quintile 4 545 913,347 24.8 22.06 27.85 265 514,710 25.9 22.06 30.15 Quintile 5 610 1,108,859 24.8 21.90 27.97 327 677,057 28.2 23.60 33.36 Household Income Category Bottom 40% 2,694 3,999,606 30.8 28.97 32.61 1,198 2,034,112 29.9 27.53 32.44 Middle 40% 739 1,361,608 26.4 24.02 28.93 365 801,564 29.3 25.49 33.40 Top 20% 244 415,313 22.7 18.10 28.16 133 245,252 23.8 17.86 30.96 *Prevalence with high RSE, interpret with caution a - Malay includes Orang Asli b - Not working includes Unemployed, and Old Age
Non-Communicable Diseases: Risk Factors and other Health Problems 051 Sociodemographic Characteristics Female Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Lower Upper Marital Status Single 47 70,792 3.0 2.01 4.56 Married 904 1,203,642 17.7 16.02 19.47 Widow(er)/Divorcee 478 562,794 47.1 42.61 51.61 Education Level No Formal Education 240 293,983 43.4 36.07 51.04 Primary Education 534 630,503 33.9 30.22 37.89 Secondary Education 543 753,842 15.5 13.77 17.39 Tertiary Education 109 154,826 5.4 4.11 6.95 Occupation Government Employee 58 78,154 10.9 7.67 15.21 Private Employee 104 184,521 6.3 4.93 7.93 Self Employed 122 147,070 13.2 10.48 16.40 Unpaid Worker/Homemaker 554 651,790 19.2 16.94 21.68 Retiree 83 121,950 56.7 46.49 66.31 Student 6 11,850 2.8* 0.98 7.87 Not Workingb 650 844,975 55.5 50.25 60.67 Household Income Group Less than RM 1,000 377 512,260 49.7 43.74 55.62 RM 1,000 - RM 1,999 497 621,049 32.9 29.25 36.73 RM 2,000 - RM 3,999 573 775,789 26.8 23.92 29.88 RM 4,000 - RM 5,999 251 354,697 23.1 19.45 27.21 RM 6,000 - RM 7,999 131 201,934 22.0 18.19 26.29 RM 8,000 - RM 9,999 55 87,130 19.7 13.19 28.37 RM 10,000 and above 97 142,739 20.1 14.89 26.66 Household Income Quintile Quintile 1 665 868,082 42.3 38.04 46.60 Quintile 2 414 517,215 29.6 26.10 33.31 Quintile 3 339 479,860 25.8 22.32 29.66 Quintile 4 280 398,637 23.6 20.31 27.22 Quintile 5 283 431,802 20.9 17.63 24.50 Household Income Category Bottom 40% 1,496 1,965,494 31.7 29.40 34.04 Middle 40% 374 560,044 23.1 20.19 26.38 Top 20% 111 170,060 21.4 16.16 27.72
National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019 Technical Report − Volume I 052 Table 4.7: Prevalence of Raised Blood Pressure Amongst Those Not Known to Have Hypertension Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Above in Malaysia by Socio-Demographic Characteristics (n=10,463) Sociodemographic Characteristics Raised Blood Pressure Amongst Those Not Known to Have Hypertension Male Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Lower Upper Lower Upper MALAYSIA 1,662 3,004,069 14.1 13.13 15.19 858 1,773,439 16.2 14.59 17.99 State Johor 126 303,258 12.5 9.76 15.93 63 191,102 15.1 10.57 21.18 Kedah 65 124,557 9.7 8.02 11.70 33 73,383 11.2 8.71 14.26 Kelantan 137 239,304 21.4 17.22 26.18 62 121,328 22.0 16.68 28.50 Melaka 98 79,339 13.3 10.03 17.43 42 32,085 11.3 6.75 18.28 Negeri Sembilan 63 82,988 11.8 7.95 17.09 37 59,071 16.6 10.65 24.93 Pahang 106 148,521 14.6 11.12 18.99 59 85,648 16.1 11.47 22.24 Pulau Pinang 82 113,916 9.1 5.77 14.01 50 79,361 12.4 6.82 21.45 Perak 108 197,822 12.8 9.24 17.46 50 113,414 14.4 9.15 21.87 Perlis 77 19,502 12.2 9.19 16.02 44 12,067 15.6 10.97 21.58 Selangor 198 686,792 15.0 12.45 17.94 99 390,438 16.3 11.93 21.81 Terengganu 133 140,195 18.9 15.63 22.75 67 80,137 21.5 16.42 27.59 Sabah 126 307,730 12.0 9.36 15.16 63 175,855 12.9 9.33 17.67 Sarawak 150 387,803 21.0 17.33 25.16 81 252,141 26.7 21.02 33.26 WP Kuala Lumpur 63 158,076 12.2 8.96 16.33 35 99,267 15.2 10.61 21.34 WP Labuan 75 7,948 12.5 9.46 16.45 43 4,748 15.1 10.94 20.45 WP Putrajaya 55 6,318 11.0 8.20 14.70 30 3,395 13.4 9.45 18.67 Location Urban 958 2,279,766 13.7 12.55 15.00 506 1,371,650 16.1 14.15 18.28 Rural 704 724,303 15.5 13.85 17.36 352 401,790 16.6 14.28 19.24 Age Group 18-19 17 58,778 6.6* 3.21 13.25 15 51,211 10.4* 4.65 21.78 20-24 58 132,118 4.6 3.17 6.65 41 104,483 7.0 4.55 10.61 25-29 79 261,440 8.7 6.36 11.86 49 193,741 12.2 8.22 17.78 30-34 126 348,950 13.1 10.45 16.34 77 220,366 15.6 11.61 20.65 35-39 158 360,285 15.2 12.57 18.26 84 222,137 18.2 14.28 22.88 40-44 153 318,378 17.4 14.27 20.99 69 157,880 16.4 12.13 21.68 45-49 207 375,728 22.6 18.48 27.35 94 205,572 24.9 18.43 32.83 50-54 210 312,539 20.4 17.23 23.89 105 168,148 22.2 17.43 27.76 55-59 200 273,131 20.4 16.91 24.46 94 147,642 22.0 16.71 28.27 60-64 172 246,740 22.3 18.37 26.81 81 125,211 22.8 17.36 29.31 65-69 98 114,465 14.2 10.80 18.53 48 59,550 15.2 10.13 22.04 70-74 90 91,482 16.6 12.77 21.35 50 59,324 22.9 16.54 30.90 75 & above 94 110,034 16.7 12.42 22.15 51 58,174 18.9 12.93 26.77 Ethnicity Malaya 1,107 1,702,949 15.6 14.41 16.98 569 970,956 17.9 16.07 19.91 Chinese 175 470,282 10.3 8.01 13.15 95 280,150 11.9 8.01 17.43 Indian 83 136,743 11.0 7.73 15.47 42 73,645 12.4 7.93 18.83 Bumiputera Sabah 107 190,407 13.9 10.65 17.90 57 104,396 15.3 10.63 21.57 Bumiputera Sarawak 93 243,497 25.5 21.34 30.22 46 161,459 33.3 26.45 40.91 Others 97 260,191 11.6 8.09 16.24 49 182,834 13.0 8.08 20.31
Non-Communicable Diseases: Risk Factors and other Health Problems 053 Sociodemographic Characteristics Female Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Lower Upper MALAYSIA 804 1,230,629 11.9 10.77 13.15 State Johor 63 112,156 9.7 6.69 13.80 Kedah 32 51,174 8.2 5.47 12.00 Kelantan 75 117,977 20.7 16.11 26.22 Melaka 56 47,254 15.1 9.93 22.36 Negeri Sembilan 26 23,917 6.9 3.89 11.81 Pahang 47 62,872 13.0 7.98 20.35 Pulau Pinang 32 34,555 5.6 3.43 9.11 Perak 58 84,408 11.1 6.68 18.00 Perlis 33 7,436 9.0 6.28 12.83 Selangor 99 296,354 13.6 10.66 17.14 Terengganu 66 60,058 16.4 12.36 21.33 Sabah 63 131,874 10.9 7.85 14.85 Sarawak 69 135,663 15.0 11.90 18.73 WP Kuala Lumpur 28 58,809 9.1 5.47 14.77 WP Labuan 32 3,200 10.0 5.98 16.37 WP Putrajaya 25 2,923 9.2 6.16 13.42 Location Urban 452 908,116 11.2 9.90 12.71 Rural 352 322,513 14.4 12.40 16.57 Age Group 18-19 2 7,567 1.9* 0.45 7.77 20-24 17 27,635 2.0* 1.06 3.79 25-29 30 67,698 4.8 3.01 7.56 30-34 49 128,584 10.3 6.99 14.94 35-39 74 138,148 12.0 8.99 15.88 40-44 84 160,498 18.5 13.84 24.31 45-49 113 170,156 20.3 16.33 24.98 50-54 105 144,391 18.6 14.75 23.16 55-59 106 125,489 18.9 14.68 23.95 60-64 91 121,529 21.8 16.90 27.71 65-69 50 54,916 13.4 9.14 19.13 70-74 40 32,158 11.0 7.56 15.80 75 & above 43 51,861 14.8 10.07 21.26 Ethnicity Malaya 538 731,994 13.4 11.86 15.11 Chinese 80 190,132 8.6 6.32 11.52 Indian 41 63,098 9.8 6.40 14.60 Bumiputera Sabah 50 86,011 12.5 8.55 17.82 Bumiputera Sarawak 47 82,037 17.5 12.64 23.71 Others 48 77,357 9.1 6.09 13.45