Statistics Of Depression In Malaysia

Close to half a million people in malaysia have been found to be experiencing symptoms of depression according to the 2019 national health and morbidity survey nhms 2019.

Statistics of depression in malaysia. It happens to anyone and the world bank had predicted that 340mil people will suffer from depression by 2020. Though the national health and morbidity survey says only 1 8 of the malaysian population are depressed we think there is a flaw and believe that at least 40 of malaysians suffer from mental health issues. 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. In northwest malaysia the prevalence of depression is approximately 48 8 among elderly 18.

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. The authors advised caution about the interpretation of the result as some studies used depressive symptoms while others. The patron of the malaysian psychiatric association mpa said according to the 2017 national health and morbidity survey 29 of malaysians had depression and anxiety disorder compared with 12. Depression of clinical groups in malaysia ranged from 3 9 to 46 9.

Of these 4 03 or 11 811 people were found to suffer from mild depression and 0 62 1 682 people severe depression with the rest in between.