National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019 Technical Report − Volume I 192 Table 14.5: Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Above in Malaysia by Socio-Demographic Characteristics (n=9,811) Sociodemographic Characteristics Obese (BMI ≥ 27.5 kg/m²) Obese (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m²) Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Lower Upper Lower Upper MALAYSIA 3,636 6,711,363 33.7 31.95 35.43 2,147 3,936,088 19.7 18.43 21.13 State Johor 288 775,610 35.6 31.81 39.59 178 476,094 21.9 18.26 25.94 Kedah 192 439,902 36.1 30.56 42.02 110 268,555 22.0 17.55 27.28 Kelantan 197 384,695 36.4 30.86 42.26 117 236,802 22.4 18.55 26.76 Melaka 256 213,908 37.6 30.98 44.78 149 132,418 23.3 16.99 31.05 Negeri Sembilan 208 243,797 37.5 31.15 44.31 137 149,242 23.0 17.25 29.87 Pahang 201 308,228 31.1 25.44 37.43 112 167,392 16.9 12.92 21.80 Pulau Pinang 216 389,428 32.1 25.01 40.17 137 225,034 18.6 12.65 26.40 Perak 203 506,109 33.9 26.12 42.63 124 320,614 21.5 15.22 29.39 Perlis 206 62,484 41.4 37.76 45.06 132 41,566 27.5 24.43 30.83 Selangor 389 1,367,580 32.7 27.77 38.03 228 808,850 19.3 16.03 23.15 Terengganu 216 229,054 32.1 29.52 34.88 125 131,203 18.4 15.14 22.21 Sabah 277 755,159 31.0 26.39 36.12 147 381,781 15.7 12.92 18.93 Sarawak 244 611,121 34.7 30.97 38.73 138 339,839 19.3 16.21 22.86 WP Kuala Lumpur 150 379,025 31.3 25.01 38.30 88 230,781 19.0 14.36 24.82 WP Labuan 169 20,053 33.3 27.73 39.28 97 11,831 19.6 15.32 24.77 WP Putrajaya 224 25,210 45.8 39.08 52.60 128 14,087 25.6 20.15 31.87 Location Urban 2,211 5,252,981 33.8 31.74 35.97 1,282 3,065,097 19.7 18.14 21.43 Rural 1,425 1,458,382 33.1 30.63 35.68 865 870,991 19.8 17.90 21.79 Sex Male 1,454 3,024,308 29.0 26.85 31.20 759 1,591,901 15.3 13.63 17.03 Female 2,182 3,687,055 38.8 36.60 41.08 1,388 2,344,187 24.7 22.86 26.59 Age Group 18-19 73 201,170 23.4 16.97 31.30 42 139,232 16.2 10.23 24.64 20-24 230 583,219 21.6 18.07 25.58 135 310,620 11.5 9.16 14.34 25-29 297 849,166 29.9 25.38 34.93 187 576,907 20.3 16.57 24.72 30-34 390 978,910 39.7 34.46 45.25 223 545,005 22.1 18.10 26.74 35-39 421 874,617 39.3 34.97 43.84 276 563,509 25.3 21.80 29.23 40-44 378 721,838 41.1 36.63 45.82 225 427,355 24.4 20.63 28.52 45-49 385 602,866 37.7 33.19 42.44 210 310,920 19.4 16.16 23.21 50-54 393 561,484 38.6 34.13 43.23 233 320,889 22.1 18.98 25.46 55-59 391 505,523 39.9 35.90 44.01 243 277,815 21.9 18.75 25.45 60-64 296 395,173 37.7 33.02 42.68 172 232,580 22.2 18.33 26.63 65-69 214 225,621 30.5 25.63 35.93 114 121,319 16.4 12.82 20.78 70-74 105 140,975 28.0 22.38 34.38 58 81,707 16.2 11.57 22.27 75 & above 63 70,799 14.7 10.29 20.46 29 28,230 5.8 3.52 9.56 Ethnicity Malaya 2,499 3,814,554 37.2 35.37 38.98 1,519 2,334,699 22.7 21.30 24.25 Chinese 313 999,065 24.2 20.06 28.96 155 534,369 13.0 9.89 16.81 Indian 272 529,218 45.1 38.38 52.03 170 343,460 29.3 23.40 35.93 Bumiputera Sabah 231 486,307 37.6 31.99 43.48 125 252,576 19.5 15.43 24.35
Non-Communicable Diseases: Risk Factors and other Health Problems 193 Table 14.5: Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Above in Malaysia by Socio-Demographic Characteristics (n=9,811) (cont’d) Sociodemographic Characteristics Obese (BMI ≥ 27.5 kg/m²) Obese (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m²) Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Lower Upper Lower Upper Bumiputera Sarawak 151 330,906 36.2 30.01 42.85 91 189,843 20.8 16.35 26.00 Others 170 551,312 25.5 20.31 31.42 87 281,140 13.0 9.40 17.67 Marital Status Single 615 1,541,045 26.3 23.64 29.23 374 950,845 16.3 13.92 18.89 Married 2,649 4,690,414 36.9 34.84 39.00 1,555 2,695,363 21.2 19.67 22.82 Widow(er)/Divorcee 372 479,904 35.0 31.21 38.93 218 289,880 21.1 17.77 24.92 Education Level No Formal Education 175 265,054 28.0 23.10 33.52 109 164,225 17.4 13.82 21.57 Primary Education 762 1,209,094 31.9 28.73 35.30 425 661,971 17.5 14.86 20.45 Secondary Education 1,840 3,481,652 35.4 33.34 37.53 1,102 2,081,412 21.2 19.54 22.89 Tertiary Education 853 1,738,666 33.1 29.93 36.45 507 1,018,013 19.4 17.05 21.96 Occupation Government Employee 439 622,496 41.4 36.96 46.01 245 312,959 20.8 17.81 24.20 Private Employee 980 2,317,314 29.6 27.16 32.27 571 1,353,347 17.3 15.31 19.52 Self Employed 661 1,240,854 34.4 30.69 38.35 396 762,437 21.1 18.34 24.26 Unpaid Worker/Homemaker 899 1,429,557 44.1 40.42 47.86 559 859,353 26.5 23.69 29.55 Retiree 181 279,987 37.1 31.02 43.65 99 151,030 20.0 15.14 25.99 Student 64 174,490 24.5 17.56 33.14 29 96,477 13.6 7.55 23.16 Not Workingb 411 646,599 28.2 24.43 32.24 248 400,484 17.4 14.44 20.93 Household Income Group Less than RM 1,000 324 490,802 31.4 27.05 36.00 202 292,494 18.7 15.39 22.50 RM 1,000 - RM 1,999 681 1,206,980 31.2 28.15 34.40 416 702,439 18.2 15.91 20.63 RM 2,000 - RM 3,999 1,114 2,098,244 34.6 31.54 37.74 643 1,260,103 20.8 18.19 23.59 RM 4,000 - RM 5,999 574 1,115,416 35.8 31.63 40.28 358 730,927 23.5 20.17 27.16 RM 6,000 - RM 7,999 330 644,416 34.5 29.12 40.28 167 359,964 19.3 14.91 24.52 RM 8,000 - RM 9,999 151 283,989 33.0 24.72 42.42 94 170,539 19.8 13.37 28.31 RM 10,000 and above 239 444,981 29.7 25.06 34.75 142 219,807 14.7 11.13 19.07 Household Income Quintile Quintile 1 663 1,092,665 31.2 28.04 34.50 415 673,873 19.2 16.87 21.82 Quintile 2 696 1,208,646 31.2 27.68 34.97 398 659,416 17.0 14.76 19.56 Quintile 3 699 1,381,232 36.5 32.63 40.45 408 845,132 22.3 18.99 26.01 Quintile 4 635 1,228,899 35.6 31.73 39.74 398 807,541 23.4 20.24 26.92 Quintile 5 720 1,373,386 32.5 29.20 35.93 403 750,309 17.7 15.08 20.76 Household Income Category Bottom 40% 2,315 4,046,437 33.2 31.27 35.23 1,380 2,422,844 19.9 18.41 21.46 Middle 40% 838 1,720,698 34.9 31.47 38.50 490 1,059,544 21.5 18.53 24.79 Top 20% 260 517,692 29.9 25.59 34.50 152 253,883 14.6 11.44 18.55 CPG 2004 (BMI ≥ 27.5 kg/m²) & WHO 1998 (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m²)
a - Malay includes Orang Asli b - Not working includes Unemployed, and Old Age
National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019 Technical Report − Volume I 194 Table 14.6: Prevalence of Obesity I to III (WHO 1998) Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Above in Malaysia by Socio-Demographic Characteristics (n=9,811) Sociodemographic Characteristics Obese I (BMI 30.0 - 34.9 kg/m²) Obese II (BMI 35.0 - 39.9 kg/m²) Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Count Estimated Population Prevalence (%) 95% CI Lower Upper Lower Upper MALAYSIA 1,444 2,672,025 13.4 12.32 14.57 466 827,976 4.2 3.63 4.74 State Johor 128 354,929 16.3 13.11 20.07 33 78,090 3.6 2.50 5.12 Kedah 77 174,887 14.3 11.18 18.24 25 76,522 6.3 3.61 10.71 Kelantan 80 146,735 13.9 10.84 17.59 24 56,838 5.4 3.59 7.97 Melaka 96 75,877 13.3 9.23 18.91 37 39,376 6.9 4.04 11.62 Negeri Sembilan 87 85,257 13.1 9.49 17.85 32 44,671 6.9 4.52 10.32 Pahang 77 103,794 10.5 8.19 13.31 23 36,253 3.7 2.08 6.37 Pulau Pinang 92 183,208 15.1 9.91 22.36 27 27,354 2.3* 1.24 4.06 Perak 91 250,580 16.8 10.58 25.56 17 28,853 1.9* 0.91 4.03 Perlis 96 29,100 19.3 16.57 22.27 25 8,614 5.7 3.73 8.62 Selangor 148 517,385 12.4 10.21 14.91 51 197,469 4.7 3.39 6.53 Terengganu 87 89,321 12.5 10.00 15.59 25 26,905 3.8 2.55 5.56 Sabah 103 279,076 11.5 9.13 14.32 28 65,821 2.7 1.68 4.34 Sarawak 85 215,137 12.2 9.14 16.18 37 78,379 4.5 2.91 6.76 WP Kuala Lumpur 53 150,013 12.4 8.63 17.44 27 56,377 4.7 3.01 7.12 WP Labuan 64 8,007 13.3 10.45 16.73 22 2,605 4.3 2.39 7.68 WP Putrajaya 80 8,719 15.8 11.67 21.11 33 3,849 7.0 4.39 10.96 Location Urban 846 2,078,370 13.4 12.06 14.83 292 655,064 4.2 3.60 4.94 Rural 598 593,655 13.5 12.05 15.04 174 172,912 3.9 3.15 4.88 Sex Male 540 1,161,332 11.1 9.76 12.66 146 295,932 2.8 2.21 3.63 Female 904 1,510,693 15.9 14.38 17.56 320 532,045 5.6 4.81 6.51 Age Group 18-19 26 98,514 11.4* 6.12 20.40 7 21,381 2.5* 1.00 6.02 20-24 76 170,447 6.3 4.62 8.57 34 83,860 3.1 1.98 4.85 25-29 111 367,146 12.9 9.90 16.75 53 157,062 5.5 3.76 8.08 30-34 149 373,879 15.2 11.86 19.21 51 96,919 3.9 2.74 5.61 35-39 168 380,411 17.1 14.01 20.71 73 118,113 5.3 3.96 7.09 40-44 141 267,760 15.3 12.17 18.97 54 103,612 5.9 3.92 8.81 45-49 148 219,126 13.7 11.01 16.93 34 44,413 2.8 1.74 4.41 50-54 164 231,581 15.9 13.18 19.09 46 68,643 4.7 3.36 6.58 55-59 179 215,098 17.0 14.00 20.42 47 48,834 3.9 2.55 5.79 60-64 118 157,855 15.1 11.91 18.90 39 52,206 5.0 3.28 7.51 65-69 87 90,096 12.2 9.26 15.89 20 23,820 3.2 1.80 5.72 70-74 52 76,934 15.3 10.69 21.36 6 4,774 0.9* 0.34 2.59 75 & above 25 23,179 4.8 2.79 8.13 2 4,340 0.9* 0.19 4.11 Ethnicity Malaya 1,006 1,502,407 14.6 13.44 15.92 331 533,897 5.2 4.49 6.02 Chinese 114 397,297 9.6 6.93 13.24 31 103,683 2.5 1.51 4.15 Indian 118 238,972 20.4 15.39 26.45 37 56,064 4.8 2.99 7.56 Bumiputera Sabah 86 178,211 13.8 11.04 17.03 27 55,052 4.3 2.47 7.23