Depression Statistics 2017 Malaysia
Over 18 000 malaysians diagnosed with depression in 2017 says hilmi.
Depression statistics 2017 malaysia. Anxiety disorders are ranked 6 th 3 4. 2017 pp 40 55 international journal of education psychology and counseling. Stress is one of the predictors of depression found in this study. Ischaemic heart diseases is the principal causes of death for all major ethnic groups.
In northwest malaysia the prevalence of depression is approximately 48 8 among elderly 18. In malaysia the prevalence of major depressive disorder was reported to be 5 6 and it was shown to be a powerful trigger of suicide among college students 16 17. The prevalence in kuala lumpur is 39 8. Tuesday 20 mar 2018 05 09 pm myt.
Causes of death by major ethnic group. Depression of clinical groups in malaysia ranged from 3 9 to 46 9. Conducted among 1407 malaysian secondary schools students aged between 13 to 17 years old found that the prevalence of depression among the adolescents was 24 2 26 while the instrument to measure depression in siti s26study was the children depression inventory cdi. Bumiputera recorded the highest increase of 1 0 percentage point from 12 3 per cent 2016 to 13 3 per cent 2017.
Of lost health are huge. February 2 2017 basic general. The prevalence of depression in malaysia was estimated to be between eight and twelve percent ng 2014. Depression is ranked by who as the single largest contributor to global disability 7 5 of all years lived with disability in 2015.
The prevalence of mental health problems among adults increased from 10 7 in 1996 to 11 2 in 2006 to 29 2 in 2015. Every 3 in 10 adults aged 16 years and above have some sorts of mental health problems 29 2. Mukhtar oei 2011a indicated that depression in malaysia is still pictured as fragmented and vague.