Statistic Of Depression In Malaysia
The prevalence in females was slightly higher than in males but the difference was not significant 30 8 vs 27 6.
Statistic of depression in malaysia. Welcome to the fast link of the department of statistics malaysia official portal selamat datang ke pautan pintas portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. Department of statistics official portal portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. Every 3 in 10 adults aged 16 years and above have some sorts of mental health problems 29 2.
Two hundred and forty seven articles related to depression were found in a search through a database. We aim to summarise the evidence available in regard to the prevalence type of assessment tools used and treatment options for depression in malaysia. The prevalence of mental health problems among adults increased from 10 7 in 1996 to 11 2 in 2006 to 29 2 in 2015.
In malaysia depression is the most common mental illness affecting approximately 2 3 million people at some point in their lives but this health issue remains undetected and untreated mukhtar. Hilmi was replying to a question from tan kok wai dap cheras who wanted to know the number of malaysians suffering from the different stages of depression as well as the causes and treatments. Lee said the survey done by experts on the prevalence of depression among malaysians showed a 50 increase in the number of depressed patients from 2011 to 2015.
