title: Prevalence of diabetes in the Malaysian National Health Morbidity Survey III 2006.
abstract: The Malaysian National Health Morbidity Survey III (NHMS III), conducted in 2006, was a cross-sectional household survey of the prevalence of chronic diseases, involving 34,539 respondents of age > or =18 years old, in all states of Malaysia. Data collection was by face-to-face interview. Those who self-professed not to be diabetics underwent finger-prick glucose test following at least 8 hours of fasting. The overall prevalence of diabetes mellitus (known and newly diagnosed) was 11.6%. The Indians had the highest prevalence of 19.9% followed by Malays 11.9% and Chinese 11.4%. The prevalence of people with known diabetes and newly diagnosed diabetes was 7.0% and 4.5% respectively. Impaired Fasting Glycaemia was found to be 4.2%. Majority (73.5%) of the patients used government healthcare facilities for their diabetic care. Usage of insulin alone or in combination was low at 7.2% of patients. Only 45.05% of known diabetics have ever had their eye examined. Amputees formed 4.3% of the patients with known diabetes while 3.4% had suffered a stroke event and 1.6% was on some form of renal replacement therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hospital Taiping, Jalan Tamingsari, 34000 Taiping, Malaysia. letch@prk.moh.gov.my
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Letchuman
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Wan Nazaimoon
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Wan Mohamad
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Chandran
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Tee
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jamaiyah
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Isa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zanariah
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fatanah
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ahmad Faudzi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult