Mental Health Statistics In Malaysia 2018

Children statistics publication malaysia 2018 introduction this publication presents selected children statistics as the basis to measure the quality of life and well being of children at the national and state levels.

Mental health statistics in malaysia 2018. The national institute of mental health nimh has launched a redesigned statistics section on its website that features interactive data visualization tools and sharing capabilities. In fact the international journal of academic research in business and social sciences reported in an article highlighting the issues and challenges of mental health in malaysia wrote that that more than 50 of malaysians believe that when it comes to mental illness the sufferer is to blame for their condition while about 80 believe that there s no such thing as mental health problems. Malaysian health at a glance january 6 2020 c ministry of health malaysia 2019 published by. Try our corporate solution for free.

The compilation of statistics in this publication consists of four main fields namely population health. The section also features improved organization navigation and accessibility. Malaysian healthcare performance unit national institute of health c o deputy director general research and technical support o ce ministry of health malaysia block e7 federal government administrative centre 62590 putrajaya malaysia tel. The prevalence in kuala lumpur is 39 8.

Most of the estimates presented in this entry are produced by the institute for health metrics and evaluation and reported in their flagship global burden of disease study. In this entry we present the latest estimates of mental health disorder prevalence and the associated disease burden. Every 3 in 10 adults aged 16 years and above have some sorts of mental health problems 29 2. The new 2018 budget has been tabled and there is an increase in the health ministry 2018 budget from rm 25 billion in 2017 to rm26 58 billion in 2018.

Unfortunately we have yet to see a specific mental health allocation in the health budget. For 2017 this study estimates that 792 million people lived with a mental health disorder. This statistic shows the result of a survey amongst respondents who have experienced mental health issues in malaysia as of june 2019 by demography. To help people understand the impact of mental illnesses.

The prevalence in females was slightly higher than in males but the difference was not significant 30 8 vs 27 6. Today approximately 30 of people in malaysia aged 16 years or older have mental health problems hassan et al. What policymakers fail to understand is that the direct costs of mental illnesses are less than the indirect costs for mental illnesses.