Table 1. General characteristics of the indigenous communities that participated in this study.

Characteristics	Peninsular Malaysia (n = 986)	Sabah (n = 344)	Overall (n = 1330)
Age group
≤12 years (1 month–12 years)	723 (73.3)	207 (60.2)	930 (69.9)
>12 years (13–84 years)	263 (26.7)	137 (39.8)	400 (30.1)
Gender
Male	500 (50.7)	164 (47.7)	664 (49.9)
Female	486 (49.3)	180 (52.3)	666 (50.1)
Socioeconomic status
Low household income (<RM500)	558 (56.6)	119 (34.6)	677 (50.9)
>7 members-large	353 (35.8)	79 (23.0)	432 (32.5)
Not working	100 (50.5)	60 (47.6)	160 (49.4)
Educational level
Secondary education	66 (6.7)	63 (18.3)	129 (9.7)
Primary education	512 (51.9)	196 (57.0)	708 (53.2)
Non educated	408 (41.4)	85 (24.7)	493 (37.1)
Supplied with piped water	471 (47.8)	325 (94.5)	796 (59.8)
Presence of toilet at household	706 (71.6)	296 (86.0)	1002 (75.3)
Presence of animals at household	698 (70.8)	245 (71.8)	943 (71.1)