National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019 Technical Report − Volume I 054 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) (cont’d) 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 Marital Status Single 241 629,495 10.4 8.66 12.53 173 505,375 13.7 10.88 17.02 Married 1,211 2,113,930 15.4 14.18 16.71 636 1,200,413 17.4 15.50 19.39 Widow(er)/Divorcee 210 260,644 17.2 14.19 20.75 49 67,651 21.3 14.75 29.71 Education Level No Formal Education 111 158,936 14.6 10.75 19.55 33 60,028 14.6 9.13 22.59 Primary Education 472 717,160 17.5 15.05 20.23 225 405,456 18.1 14.56 22.23 Secondary Education 800 1,564,065 15.1 13.77 16.58 434 902,875 16.5 14.45 18.75 Tertiary Education 270 543,325 9.7 8.10 11.54 160 390,176 14.4 11.53 17.74 Occupation Government Employee 162 256,342 16.4 13.15 20.23 100 184,894 21.8 17.12 27.46 Private Employee 405 1,001,106 12.2 10.51 14.11 300 804,282 15.3 12.80 18.14 Self Employed 375 653,103 17.7 15.33 20.28 234 417,394 16.2 13.27 19.60 Unpaid Worker/Homemaker 346 528,927 14.9 12.83 17.13 10 23,358 14.0* 5.72 30.48 Retiree 92 147,633 18.6 14.15 23.96 80 129,637 22.3 16.76 29.13 Student 13 26,051 3.5* 1.64 7.46 9 17,428 5.5* 2.14 13.44 Not Workingb 269 390,906 14.5 12.37 16.95 125 196,447 16.8 13.35 20.83 Household Income Group Less than RM 1,000 209 299,707 17.5 14.49 20.93 94 136,818 20.0 15.38 25.63 RM 1,000 - RM 1,999 374 605,608 14.8 12.80 17.11 182 335,061 15.3 12.30 18.76 RM 2,000 - RM 3,999 475 915,076 14.3 12.57 16.29 265 575,082 16.5 13.81 19.54 RM 4,000 - RM 5,999 207 390,385 11.7 9.76 14.03 106 229,919 12.8 9.97 16.32 RM 6,000 - RM 7,999 121 248,694 12.7 9.69 16.42 72 176,968 17.0 12.17 23.18 RM 8,000 - RM 9,999 57 124,518 13.9 9.18 20.41 36 73,568 16.1 9.90 25.23 RM 10,000 and above 96 195,497 12.1 7.83 18.38 63 152,685 17.0 9.43 28.59 Household Income Quintile Quintile 1 421 631,675 16.6 14.45 19.07 200 310,505 17.8 14.54 21.62 Quintile 2 331 590,692 14.6 12.48 16.91 174 375,513 16.3 13.24 19.82 Quintile 3 276 519,906 13.0 10.90 15.55 150 309,927 14.6 11.39 18.47 Quintile 4 237 468,503 12.7 10.77 15.02 123 280,935 14.1 11.14 17.78 Quintile 5 274 568,709 12.7 10.52 15.32 171 403,220 16.8 12.96 21.53 Household Income Category Bottom 40% 1,107 1,877,867 14.4 13.26 15.71 566 1,074,176 15.8 13.93 17.88 Middle 40% 327 712,354 13.8 11.71 16.22 183 465,951 17.0 13.53 21.20 Top 20% 105 189,263 10.4 7.84 13.58 69 139,973 13.6 9.60 18.86 *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 055 Sociodemographic Characteristics Female Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Lower Upper Marital Status Single 68 124,120 5.3 4.04 6.99 Married 575 913,516 13.4 11.98 14.99 Widow(er)/Divorcee 161 192,993 16.1 12.92 20.00 Education Level No Formal Education 78 98,908 14.6 10.50 19.95 Primary Education 247 311,704 16.8 14.25 19.66 Secondary Education 366 661,190 13.6 11.84 15.55 Tertiary Education 110 153,149 5.3 4.02 6.94 Occupation Government Employee 62 71,448 9.9 6.87 14.19 Private Employee 105 196,825 6.7 4.90 9.05 Self Employed 141 235,710 21.1 17.35 25.40 Unpaid Worker/Homemaker 336 505,569 14.9 12.83 17.22 Retiree 12 17,996 8.4* 4.06 16.45 Student 4 8,623 2.0* 0.53 7.64 Not Workingb 144 194,459 12.8 10.25 15.81 Household Income Group Less than RM 1,000 115 162,888 15.8 12.67 19.52 RM 1,000 - RM 1,999 192 270,547 14.3 11.99 17.02 RM 2,000 - RM 3,999 210 339,994 11.7 9.78 14.03 RM 4,000 - RM 5,999 101 160,467 10.5 7.77 13.91 RM 6,000 - RM 7,999 49 71,726 7.8 5.24 11.47 RM 8,000 - RM 9,999 21 50,950 11.5 6.39 19.89 RM 10,000 and above 33 42,812 6.0 3.77 9.55 Household Income Quintile Quintile 1 221 321,170 15.6 13.32 18.27 Quintile 2 157 215,179 12.3 10.26 14.69 Quintile 3 126 209,979 11.3 8.78 14.42 Quintile 4 114 187,568 11.1 8.55 14.29 Quintile 5 103 165,489 8.0 6.10 10.42 Household Income Category Bottom 40% 541 803,692 13.0 11.58 14.46 Middle 40% 144 246,403 10.2 7.94 12.96 Top 20% 36 49,290 6.2 4.07 9.33
National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019 Technical Report − Volume I 056 Table 4.8: Prevalence of Overall Raised Blood Cholesterol Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Above in Malaysia by Socio-Demographic Characteristics (n=10,466) Sociodemographic Characteristics Overall Raised Blood Cholesterol Male Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Lower Upper Lower Upper MALAYSIA 4,809 8,097,170 38.1 36.15 40.00 1,860 3,501,615 32.0 29.73 34.36 State Johor 307 701,750 28.9 23.40 35.08 100 267,263 21.0 15.87 27.34 Kedah 306 628,508 48.9 40.66 57.22 134 277,568 42.3 33.55 51.60 Kelantan 326 572,470 51.1 44.58 57.58 119 245,482 44.6 34.75 54.83 Melaka 290 237,087 39.7 31.34 48.79 106 106,563 37.5 28.14 47.90 Negeri Sembilan 288 340,342 48.3 41.27 55.37 104 144,036 40.5 30.30 51.52 Pahang 290 410,824 40.3 35.12 45.76 111 169,768 31.8 24.52 40.17 Pulau Pinang 319 525,070 41.8 33.85 50.30 126 231,674 36.2 26.41 47.18 Perak 313 714,671 46.2 39.02 53.58 118 311,085 39.4 30.15 49.58 Perlis 306 75,386 47.2 39.54 54.91 118 34,407 44.3 33.70 55.53 Selangor 482 1,637,703 35.7 30.89 40.90 202 751,336 31.3 25.59 37.67 Terengganu 298 302,973 40.9 35.61 46.46 107 122,341 32.8 27.33 38.76 Sabah 336 768,392 29.9 25.48 34.66 117 295,120 21.7 17.13 27.12 Sarawak 319 664,065 35.9 30.22 42.04 127 314,668 33.3 25.08 42.72 WP Kuala Lumpur 229 473,337 36.4 29.19 44.39 94 212,265 32.5 26.79 38.85 WP Labuan 168 18,738 29.6 25.58 33.91 71 8,008 25.4 20.03 31.75 WP Putrajaya 232 25,855 45.3 39.42 51.22 106 10,030 39.6 33.07 46.50 Location Urban 2,870 6,315,713 38.0 35.71 40.39 1,128 2,732,778 32.1 29.32 34.93 Rural 1,939 1,781,457 38.2 35.47 40.95 732 768,837 31.8 28.40 35.38 Age Group 18-19 43 121,415 13.6 9.25 19.58 15 42,450 8.5* 4.59 15.33 20-24 179 485,017 16.9 13.78 20.54 58 185,129 12.4 8.77 17.18 25-29 227 658,806 22.0 18.45 25.99 99 308,448 19.5 14.90 24.99 30-34 308 742,225 27.9 23.43 32.85 118 299,721 21.2 16.25 27.22 35-39 373 796,221 33.6 29.28 38.18 155 347,941 28.5 23.19 34.46 40-44 391 804,458 43.9 39.03 48.89 152 390,588 40.5 33.99 47.29 45-49 489 829,036 49.9 44.72 55.00 187 368,130 44.7 37.12 52.47 50-54 592 921,120 60.0 55.22 64.59 234 392,994 51.8 45.40 58.15 55-59 633 842,962 63.0 58.36 67.39 245 390,502 58.1 50.58 65.18 60-64 544 694,474 62.8 57.75 67.55 196 295,144 53.7 46.31 60.96 65-69 433 495,042 61.6 54.95 67.79 166 201,437 51.2 42.39 60.01 70-74 301 348,726 63.4 56.57 69.65 118 138,555 53.6 44.69 62.24 75 & above 296 357,669 54.4 47.54 61.02 117 140,575 45.7 36.73 54.88 Ethnicity Malaya 3,319 4,736,501 43.5 41.46 45.57 1,293 2,062,786 38.0 35.34 40.80 Chinese 584 1,605,094 35.1 30.39 40.14 226 645,486 27.4 22.47 33.01 Indian 302 472,642 38.1 32.85 43.58 116 186,583 31.4 25.48 37.94 Bumiputera Sabah 237 460,149 33.5 29.29 38.07 82 176,990 26.0 20.30 32.55 Bumiputera Sarawak 162 325,250 34.1 26.70 42.36 63 170,699 35.2 24.20 48.02 Others 205 497,534 22.1 17.64 27.30 80 259,071 18.5 13.37 24.91
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Sociodemographic
Characteristics
Female
Count
Estimated
Population
Prevalence
(%)
95% CI
Lower Upper
MALAYSIA 2,949 4,595,556 44.5 42.15 46.80
State
Johor 207 434,487 3 7.5 30.68 44.86
Kedah 172 350,940 55.8 46.19 64.96
Kelantan 207 326,987 57.4 52.91 61.78
Melaka 184 130,525 41.8 31.62 52.67
Negeri Sembilan 184 196,305 56.3 47.70 64.47
Pahang 179 241,056 49.7 43.05 56.29
Pulau Pinang 193 293,396 47.8 39.42 56.29
Perak 195 403,586 53.3 45.49 60.88
Perlis 188 40,979 49.8 43.05 56.57
Selangor 280 886,366 40.6 34.41 47.11
Terengganu 191 180,631 49.2 42.29 56.10
Sabah 219 473,272 39.0 32.52 45.90
Sarawak 192 349,397 38.6 32.24 45.45
WP Kuala Lumpur 135 261,073 40.4 30.45 51.22
WP Labuan 97 10,730 33.6 27.02 40.98
WP Putrajaya 126 15,825 49.8 41.94 57.60
Location
Urban 1,742 3,582,936 44.3 41.51 47.13
Rural 1,207 1,012,620 45.0 41.63 48.52
Age Group
18-19 28 78,965 20.0 12.71 30.07
20-24 121 299,887 21.8 16.82 27.7 7
25-29 128 350,357 24.8 20.33 29.98
30-34 190 442,504 35.4 28.84 42.66
35-39 218 448,280 39.0 32.84 45.52
40-44 239 413,870 47.7 41.24 54.31
45-49 302 460,906 55.0 49.21 60.58
50-54 358 528,126 68.0 61.77 73.65
55-59 388 452,459 68.0 62.46 73.02
60-64 348 399,331 71.7 65.07 77.55
65-69 267 293,605 71.5 62.01 79.34
70-74 183 210,171 72.0 62.34 80.03
75 & above 179 217,094 62.0 52.76 70.46
Ethnicity
Malaya 2,026 2,673,714 48.9 46.49 51.40
Chinese 358 959,608 43.2 36.78 49.95
Indian 186 286,059 44.2 37.38 51.30
Bumiputera Sabah 155 283,160 41.0 35.52 46.76
Bumiputera Sarawak 99 154,550 33.0 25.60 41.26
Others 125 238,464 28.1 21.13 36.35
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Table 4.8: Prevalence of Overall Raised Blood Cholesterol Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Above in Malaysia by Socio-Demographic Characteristics
(n=10,466) (cont’d)
Sociodemographic
Characteristics
Overall Raised Blood Cholesterol
Male
Count
Estimated
Population
Prevalence
(%)
95% CI
Count
Estimated
Population
Prevalence
(%)
95% CI
Lower
Upper
Lower
Upper
Marital Status
Single
564
1,452,287
24.0
21.52
26.78
234
702,098
18.9
15.83
22.47
Married
3,522
5,759,957
42.0
39.60
44.36
1,533
2,666,152
38.5
35.52
41.67
Widow(er)/Divorcee
723
884,927
58.5
54.26
62.59
93
133,365
42.0
31.95
52.68
Education Level
No Formal Education
352
448,292
41.2
34.02
48.78
65
92,191
22.4
15.03
32.14
Primary Education
1,315
1,787,095
43.6
39.64
47.59
483
751,639
33.5
29.00
38.35
Secondary Education
2,180
3,898,971
37.7
35.51
39.86
912
1,785,581
32.5
29.71
35.52
Tertiary Education
942
1,925,173
34.3
30.65
38.19
389
846,942
31.2
26.73
35.96
Occupation
Government Employee
470
671,123
42.9
38.16
47.76
241
368,783
43.6
37.13
50.26
Private Employee
1,016
2,416,399
29.4
26.85
32.18
565
1,395,037
26.5
23.48
29.78
Self Employed
861
1,399,471
37.8
34.07
41.76
493
841,699
32.6
28.34
37.20
Unpaid Worker/
Homemaker
1,131
1,685,193
47.3
43.84
50.77
31
87,364
52.5
31.95
72.17
Retiree
328
496,863
62.5
55.40
69.02
222
346,140
59.7
51.70
67.12
Student
51
122,604
16.5
11.67
22.82
11
29,089
9.0*
4.44
17.38
Not Workingb
947
1,298,273
48.2
44.46
51.93
294
426,857
36.4
30.78
42.44
Household Income Group
Less than RM 1,000
611
854,186
49.8
45.29
54.28
184
281,482
41.2
34.27
48.45
RM 1,000 - RM 1,999
959
1,464,829
35.8
32.23
39.63
363
616,660
28.1
23.89
32.68
RM 2,000 - RM 3,999
1,348
2,308,805
36.1
33.44
38.88
542
1,095,728
31.3
27.97
34.89
RM 4,000 - RM 5,999
649
1,121,009
33.6
29.86
37.65
286
551,296
30.7
26.07
35.71
RM 6,000 - RM 7,999
390
728,008
37.1
32.03
42.51
176
347,041
33.3
27.10
40.12
RM 8,000 - RM 9,999
176
404,292
45.0
36.93
53.39
75
174,548
38.3
29.00
48.56
RM 10,000 and above
324
616,429
38.3
32.38
44.59
143
286,367
31.8
25.03
39.44
Household Income Quintile
Quintile 1
1,145
1,644,758
43.3
39.59
47.07
387
619,395
35.5
30.74
40.59
Quintile 2
881
1,429,113
35.2
31.62
38.99
343
643,668
27.9
23.83
32.34
Quintile 3
818
1,420,376
35.6
32.52
38.77
329
675,391
31.7
27.48
36.17
Quintile 4
723
1,254,582
34.1
30.61
37.77
316
606,712
30.5
26.18
35.18
Quintile 5
890
1,748,729
39.1
35.20
43.21
394
807,956
33.7
29.44
38.21
Household Income Category
Bottom 40%
3,067
4,696,463
36.1
33.82
38.44
1,169
2,035,184
29.9
27.29
32.68
Middle 40%
1,036
2,085,888
40.4
37.11
43.84
448
982,435
35.9
31.83
40.11
Top 20%
354
715,207
39.2
33.72
44.88
152
335,503
32.5
26.26
39.53
*Prevalence with high RSE, interpret with caution
a - Malay includes Orang Asli
b - Not working includes Unemployed, and Old Age