National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019 Technical Report − Volume I 088 Table 6.4: Prevalence of Any Tobacco Product Use Among Respondents Aged 15 Years and Above in Malaysia by Socio-Demographic Characteristics (n=11,034) Sociodemographic Characteristics Any Tobacco Product Use Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Lower Upper MALAYSIA 2,275 5,335,310 23.3 21.95 24.75 State Johor 174 605,688 23.6 19.06 28.81 Kedah 151 399,622 28.2 24.13 32.67 Kelantan 81 204,214 16.7 13.10 20.96 Melaka 108 109,627 17.5 13.12 22.95 Negeri Sembilan 106 163,392 22.0 16.74 28.24 Pahang 160 274,487 24.8 20.34 29.78 Pulau Pinang 140 269,412 20.7 16.10 26.16 Perak 130 426,338 25.4 20.44 31.16 Perlis 119 40,381 23.5 19.33 28.17 Selangor 230 1,003,082 20.6 17.40 24.15 Terengganu 168 214,289 26.3 22.37 30.71 Sabah 208 828,332 28.7 23.64 34.46 Sarawak 168 486,595 24.5 20.90 28.53 WP Kuala Lumpur 98 282,983 21.0 16.43 26.34 WP Labuan 108 11,487 18.3 15.12 21.99 WP Putrajaya 126 15,380 22.9 18.15 28.53 Location Urban 1,308 3,924,798 22.1 20.55 23.73 Rural 967 1,410,512 27.5 24.70 30.59 Sex Male 2,180 5,150,433 44.1 41.63 46.58 Female 95 184,876 1.7 1.24 2.19 Age Group (Years) 15-19 135 409,625 15.6 12.72 19.02 20-24 236 833,483 29.3 23.96 35.33 25-29 267 834,408 28.0 23.98 32.38 30-34 259 760,178 28.7 24.49 33.29 35-39 281 597,681 25.4 21.93 29.12 40-44 211 498,702 27.3 23.25 31.68 45-49 188 407,335 24.5 20.64 28.87 50-54 210 353,018 23.0 19.53 26.92 55-59 163 246,066 18.8 15.45 22.68 60-64 137 172,810 15.7 12.65 19.36 65-69 86 108,253 13.6 10.22 17.91 70-74 51 58,729 10.7 7.47 15.05 75 & above 51 55,022 8.5 6.01 11.94 Ethnicity Malaya 1,577 2,937,009 24.8 23.47 26.28 Chinese 175 724,042 15.3 12.20 18.90 Indian 87 160,646 11.9 8.87 15.83
Non-Communicable Diseases: Risk Factors and other Health Problems 089 Table 6.4: Prevalence of Any Tobacco Product Use Among Respondents Aged 15 Years and Above in Malaysia by Socio-Demographic Characteristics (n=11,034) (cont’d) Sociodemographic Characteristics Any Tobacco Product Use Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Lower Upper Bumiputera Sabah 171 399,753 26.6 22.38 31.27 Bumiputera Sarawak 93 280,104 26.9 22.27 32.04 Others 172 833,755 34.5 28.09 41.51 Marital Status Single 668 2,039,274 26.4 23.96 29.04 Married 1,509 3,166,229 23.2 21.39 25.06 Widow(er)/Divorcee 98 129,806 8.7 6.24 11.93 Education Level No Formal Education 86 182,983 17.0 12.11 23.38 Primary Education 468 1,151,826 25.4 21.78 29.40 Secondary Education 1,321 3,115,446 27.0 25.08 28.92 Tertiary Education 387 853,951 15.3 13.32 17.51 Occupation Government Employee 220 327,888 21.1 17.39 25.26 Private Employee 966 2,698,554 32.9 30.30 35.66 Self Employed 596 1,313,607 35.2 30.88 39.82 Unpaid Worker/Homemaker 56 106,475 2.9 1.93 4.41 Retiree 102 150,464 19.0 14.56 24.48 Student 75 232,321 10.3 7.93 13.33 Not Workingb 257 499,926 18.5 15.66 21.75 Household Income Group Less than RM 1,000 188 350,884 19.0 15.82 22.70 RM 1,000 - RM 1,999 536 1,252,425 28.0 24.93 31.35 RM 2,000 - RM 3,999 711 1,745,868 25.3 22.83 27.88 RM 4,000 - RM 5,999 382 889,314 24.7 21.48 28.22 RM 6,000 - RM 7,999 219 570,642 28.0 22.98 33.65 RM 8,000 - RM 9,999 72 163,155 17.2 11.63 24.73 RM 10,000 and above 116 250,851 14.7 11.11 19.18 Household Income Quintile Quintile 1 459 1,006,153 24.2 21.52 27.02 Quintile 2 490 1,187,220 27.2 23.71 31.09 Quintile 3 441 1,062,818 24.6 22.17 27.24 Quintile 4 427 982,299 24.7 21.62 27.98 Quintile 5 407 984,648 21.0 17.98 24.34 Household Income Category Bottom 40% 1,567 3,573,653 25.5 23.73 27.32 Middle 40% 517 1,300,151 23.4 20.71 26.33 Top 20% 140 349,336 18.0 14.09 22.80 a - Malay includes Orang Asli b - Not working includes Unemployed, and Old Age
National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019 Technical Report − Volume I 090 Table 6.5: Cigarettes Smoked Per Day Among Daily Cigarette Smokers Among Respondents Aged 15 Years and Above in Malaysia by Socio-Demographic Characteristics (n=1,967) Sociodemographic Characteristics <5 Cigarettes 5-9 Cigarettes 10-14 Cigarettes Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper MALAYSIA 251 667,266 15.5 12.56 19.01 388 1,012,180 23.5 19.89 27.61 503 1,126,265 26.2 23.19 29.42 State Johor 22 86,978 17.7 10.47 28.29 26 74,856 15.2* 7.87 27.39 46 155,259 31.6 22.09 42.86 Kedah 33 92,801 27.2 18.63 37.80 46 116,691 34.2 23.68 46.47 26 62,080 18.2 12.48 25.71 Kelantan 4 9,450 5.6* 1.85 15.57 8 26,061 15.3* 7.00 30.40 35 84,071 49.5 35.91 63.19 Melaka 15 11,968 14.5* 4.93 35.52 13 19,743 23.8* 11.17 43.80 24 23,033 27.8* 11.94 52.26 Negeri Sembilan 9 19,843 15.1 8.31 25.77 16 29,751 22.6 13.18 35.95 20 33,002 25.1* 12.97 42.87 Pahang 15 19,167 8.6 4.76 15.13 21 40,063 18.0 10.00 30.34 38 66,883 30.1 20.19 42.31 Pulau Pinang 12 34,323 16.3* 4.11 47.02 21 27,498 13.1* 5.05 29.89 35 68,270 32.5 18.42 50.61 Perak 10 34,642 9.3* 4.73 17.42 28 79,153 21.2 11.94 34.86 30 83,346 22.3 14.38 33.01 Perlis 20 7,000 23.9 13.83 37.99 20 6,805 23.2 15.51 33.23 29 7,411 25.3 17.03 35.81 Selangor 26 153,648 19.0* 9.86 33.58 55 249,539 30.9 23.04 40.08 42 177,997 22.1 15.20 30.87 Terengganu 15 18,608 11.1* 5.23 22.02 36 40,963 24.4 16.07 35.33 39 51,022 30.4 22.20 40.16 Sabah 17 75,548 12.2* 6.28 22.37 32 204,083 33.0 18.71 51.22 34 114,688 18.5 11.35 28.76 Sarawak 13 39,332 10.4 6.28 16.82 19 66,337 17.6 10.30 28.37 40 120,607 32.0 23.11 42.34 WP Kuala Lumpur 22 61,826 23.8 15.49 34.71 12 26,870 10.3* 5.23 19.40 23 74,075 28.5 18.30 41.50 WP Labuan 5 720 12.7* 5.07 28.27 15 1,544 27.1 17.82 39.03 12 1,174 20.6 11.64 33.93 WP Putrajaya 13 1,412 12.0* 5.83 23.18 20 2,223 18.9 10.89 30.83 30 3,345 28.5 20.90 37.49 Location Urban 139 492,929 15.7 12.01 20.35 225 778,553 24.9 20.24 30.12 277 802,127 25.6 22.02 29.55 Rural 156 174,337 14.9 11.33 19.40 163 233,627 20.0 15.60 25.26 226 324,137 27.7 22.67 33.46 Sex Male 233 624,973 14.9 11.90 18.46 375 994,888 23.7 19.98 27.86 492 1,097,721 26.1 23.08 29.45 Female 18 42,292 41.5 25.28 59.89 13 17,292 17.0* 6.90 36.11 11 28,544 28.0* 13.58 49.13 Age Group (Years) 15-19 22 53,287 26.2 16.32 39.23 23 88,004 43.2 28.07 59.80 17 42,754 21.0 11.98 34.20 20-24 33 162,256 24.7* 13.00 41.92 46 204,700 31.2 17.22 49.69 47 164,780 25.1 16.42 36.38 25-29 39 131,517 20.2 12.80 30.27 41 147,087 22.5 15.54 31.52 53 125,722 19.3 13.32 27.04 30-34 29 103,420 15.8 10.24 23.46 45 125,383 19.1 12.91 27.32 52 160,352 24.4 17.45 33.07 35-39 28 57,741 11.1 7.01 17.01 48 112,223 21.5 15.22 29.43 68 143,586 27.5 21.07 34.99 40-44 23 48,109 10.9 6.44 17.85 37 94,582 21.4 13.49 32.29 55 107,263 24.3 17.53 32.65 45-49 14 24,449 6.9* 3.60 12.79 21 40,070 11.3 6.31 19.43 55 161,436 45.5 34.15 57.40 50-54 17 21,337 7.1* 3.89 12.61 35 66,863 22.3 14.90 31.90 52 81,514 27.1 19.30 36.71 55-59 13 29,115 14.0* 7.42 24.95 27 43,540 21.0 12.34 33.37 31 53,806 25.9 17.54 36.56 60-64 12 15,113 11.6* 5.09 24.36 23 31,572 24.3 14.05 38.60 30 42,232 32.5 21.70 45.46 65-69 8 5,373 6.0* 2.58 13.45 17 32,246 36.2 20.62 55.35 19 22,308 25.0 14.03 40.64 70-74 6 5,692 13.0* 4.14 34.26 10 9,823 22.5* 10.43 42.01 17 14,745 33.8 17.95 54.32 75 & above 7 9,855 22.8* 10.04 43.98 15 16,085 37.3 21.55 56.26 7 5,766 13.4* 4.95 31.35 Ethnicity Malaya 168 340,611 14.4 11.96 17.24 284 554,776 23.5 20.03 27.26 362 652,613 27.6 24.45 30.97 Chinese 21 115,765 20.6* 9.19 39.89 23 106,283 18.9 11.67 29.14 37 164,042 29.2 18.63 42.55 Indian 8 11,025 8.1* 3.42 17.99 16 43,433 31.9* 16.27 53.09 13 20,117 14.8* 6.39 30.61 Bumiputera Sabah 15 31,601 12.5 7.20 20.72 28 77,571 30.6 18.21 46.61 28 57,436 22.7 13.67 35.15 Bumiputera Sarawak 8 18,545 8.2* 3.69 17.35 11 41,145 18.3* 7.98 36.57 26 79,216 35.2 23.15 49.42 Others 31 149,718 19.7 11.15 32.51 26 188,971 24.9* 12.72 43.03 37 152,841 20.1 12.32 31.19 Marital Status Single 95 390,614 26.2 19.41 34.40 124 365,496 24.5 19.17 30.83 125 323,854 21.7 17.06 27.29 Married 141 252,559 9.4 7.54 11.63 242 630,041 23.4 18.79 28.78 353 769,875 28.6 24.90 32.65 Widow(er)/ Divorcee 15 24,093 19.9* 10.21 35.25 22 16,643 13.8 7.77 23.20 25 32,536 26.9 17.56 38.87 Education Level No Formal Education 13 26,201 16.4* 7.75 31.45 14 27,576 17.3* 8.79 31.12 18 39,605 24.8* 11.78 44.88 Primary Education 60 155,899 15.3 10.03 22.67 74 218,322 21.4 11.99 35.36 109 255,983 25.1 17.94 34.03 SecondaryEducation 138 383,707 15.4 11.26 20.69 229 602,302 24.2 20.32 28.47 304 687,749 27.6 24.09 31.39 Tertiary Education 38 100,488 16.6 11.35 23.55 71 163,980 27.0 20.59 34.61 69 139,822 23.0 16.28 31.57