Mental Health Statistics In Malaysia 2020
By 2020 mental illness is expected to be the second biggest health problem affecting malaysians after heart disease.
Mental health statistics in malaysia 2020. Try our corporate solution for free. This statistic shows the result of a survey amongst respondents who have experienced mental health issues in malaysia as of june 2019 by demography. 2018 with the estimated costs exceeding 80 million usd manaf et al. 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. Welcome to the fast link of the department of statistics malaysia official portal selamat datang ke pautan pintas portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. 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. Gross medical trend cost rates apac 2018 2020 by country or region fce on health share to gdp in malaysia 2010 2011 health expenditure as a share of gdp in malaysia 2005 2016.
A mental health advocate estimates mental health issues among employees may have cost the country rm14 46 billion or 1 of malaysia s gross domestic product gdp in 2018 and. Today approximately 30 of people in malaysia aged 16 years or older have mental health problems hassan et al. According to the latest national health and morbidity survey. In turn this further promotes neglect and general lack of understanding regarding mental health according to mental health statistics.
Over 40 of countries lack a mental health policy whereas 30 have no program regarding mental health.