Table 2.
Prevalence and awareness of hypertension from National Health and Morbidity Survey 2006, 2011, and 2015
| Variable | Prevalence of hypertension | Awareness among all hypertensives | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2011 | 2015 | 2006 | 2011 | 2015 | |
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| Overall | 34.6 (33.9, 35.3) | 33.6 (32.6, 34.6) | 35.3 (34.5, 36.3) | 35.6 (34.6, 36.6) | 40.7 (39.3, 42.1) | 37.5 (36.1, 38.9) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 35.3 (34.4, 36.2) | 34.2 (32.9, 35.4) | 35.9 (34.7, 37.1) | 31.1 (29.8, 32.4) | 36.2 (34.3, 38.1) | 33.8 (32.0, 35.7) |
| Female | 33.9 (33.1, 34.7) | 33.0 (31.7, 34.3) | 34.8 (33.7, 36.0) | 40.6 (39.3, 41.8) | 45.6 (43.8, 47.5) | 41.5 (39.7, 43.3) |
| Locality | ||||||
| Urban | 32.9 (32.1, 33.8) | 32.6 (31.4, 33.9) | 34.1 (33.0, 35.2) | 37.2 (35.9, 38.4) | 41.2 (39.4, 43.0) | 38.6 (36.8, 40.3) |
| Rural | 39.6 (38.6, 40.6) | 36.5 (35.0, 38.1) | 39.2 (37.6, 40.7) | 31.6 (30.3, 32.9) | 39.3 (37.4, 41.3) | 34.6 (32.8, 36.5) |
| Age group | ||||||
| 18–39 | 17.6 (16.9, 18.3) | 17.4 (16.4, 18.4) | 18.9 (17.9, 19.9) | 15.5 (14.2, 17.1) | 22.2 (20.1, 24.6) | 16.9 (14.9, 19.0) |
| 40–59 | 48.8 (47.8, 49.8) | 47.1 (45.7, 48.6) | 49.5 (48.2, 50.9) | 39.1 (37.7, 40.4) | 43.2 (41.3, 45.2) | 39.5 (37.7, 41.4) |
| 60 above | 73.1 (71.7, 74.5) | 70.4 (68.4, 72.4) | 71.9 (70.2, 73.5) | 50.6 (48.9, 52.4) | 56.1 (53.6, 58.5) | 57.2 (55.0, 59.4) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
| <25 | 24.4 (23.7, 25.2) | 22.8 (21.6, 23.9) | 23.7 (22.6, 24.8) | 28.3 (26.9, 29.7) | 34.3 (32.2, 36.5) | 32.3 (30.1, 34.5) |
| 25–29 | 46.1 (45.0, 47.3) | 42.2 (40.5, 43.9) | 43.8 (42.4, 45.3) | 38.0 (36.5, 39.6) | 41.1 (38.9, 43.3) | 38.9 (36.8, 41.0) |
| 30 and above | 57.8 (56.1, 59.4) | 56.2 (54.1, 58.3) | 57.1 (55.2, 58.9) | 41.9 (39.9, 43.9) | 43.6 (40.8, 46.4) | 37.2 (34.8, 39.5) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Malay | 35.4 (34.5, 36.3) | 33.4 (32.1, 34.8) | 36.4 (35.3, 37.5) | 34.1 (32.9, 35.3) | 39.8 (38.0, 41.6) | 35.1 (33.4, 36.8) |
| Chinese | 36.1 (34.7, 37.6) | 35.9 (33.9, 38.0) | 34.2 (32.3, 36.2) | 40.2 (38.1, 42.4) | 45.9 (42.9, 49.0) | 46.1 (42.9, 49.3) |
| Indian | 32.5 (30.6, 34.4) | 34.3 (31.8, 37.0) | 34.9 (32.0, 38.0) | 41.2 (37.9, 44.7) | 44.2 (39.1, 49.4) | 46.3 (41.7, 51.1) |
| Other Bumiputras | 33.3 (31.5, 35.2) | 35.5 (32.8, 38.4) | 37.3 (34.5, 40.2) | 34.0 (31.3, 36.7) | 37.0 (33.1, 41.2) | 39.5 (35.2, 44.0) |
| Others | 26.1 (23.7, 28.6) | 24.0 (20.8, 27.6) | 27.7 (24.9, 30.8) | 19.4 (15.9, 23.4) | 26.3 (20.5, 33.0) | 21.5 (16.9, 27.0) |
| Mean SBP | 130.66 (130.33, 131.00) | 128.54 (128.03, 129.05) | 124.93 (124.11, 125.75) | |||
| Mean DBP | 79.83 (79.65, 80.02) | 79.59 (79.32, 79.86) | 76.27 (75.76, 76.77) | |||
aAge adjusted to population in the year 2015