Diabetes In Malaysia 2017

Incidence of diabetes varies between countries and communities.

Diabetes in malaysia 2017. Type 1 diabetes mellitus type 1 dm. 16 8 total cases of diabetes in adults. Valid from 1 10 2020 until 31 12 2020 mon fri at d centers klang. Type 1 dm is the most common form of diabetes in children and young adults constituting 90 of all dm cases.

Upper middle mortality females males no. 21 711 800 prevalence of diabetes in adults. In malaysia it is estimated to be less than 1. The national diabetes institute nadi is giving a free for health blood screening with t and c applied.

How common is it. According to the third national health and morbidity survey 2006 conducted by the ministry of health malaysia the prevalence of diabetes among malaysian adults of over 30 years has almost doubled from 8 3 in 1996 to 14 9 in 2006 within a short span of a decade. Pneumonia remained as the principal causes of death for females at 12 8 per cent followed by ischaemic heart diseases 12 2 cerebrovascular diseases 8 7 and malignant neoplasm of breast 4 2 and diabetes mellitus 3 2. In 10 years diabetes in malaysia has increased to 17 5 and it is the country with the highest prevalence of diabetes even more alarming is that more than half of the affected are not aware of their condition.

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. 30 331 000 income group. The burden of managing diabetes falls on primary and tertiary health care providers operating in various settings. Diabetes 10 2 9 5 9 8 overweight 36 2 38 3 37 3 prevalence of diabetes and related risk factors males females total 1 210 3 970 1 260 3 580 proportional mortality of total deaths all ages trends in age standardized prevalence of diabetes malaysia total population.

Malaysia is one of the 39 countries and territories of the idf wp region. In this chapter of our diabetes in asia series as a sequel to diabetes in singapore we will be talking about malaysia. According to the national health and morbidity survey 2015 almost one in five malaysian adults has diabetes. 463 million people have diabetes in the world and 163 million people in the wp region.

It is estimated that one in five adults worldwide will suffer from diabetes by 2020. Diabetes mellitus was the fifth causes of death as compared to tenth place in 2017. Diabetes has become a major healthcare burden in almost all countries in the world.