Table 1 Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle factors, and self-reported medically-diagnosed chronic diseases, by self-rated health status, NHMS 2011
Variables | Total (n=18184) | Self-rated health status | |
|---|---|---|---|
Good (n=14499) | Poor (n=3685) | ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Sex | |||
Men | 8588 (46.6) | 7023 (47.7 %) | 1565 (42.5 %) |
Women | 9596 (53.4) | 7476 (52.3 %) | 2120 (57.5 %) |
Age group (years)a | |||
18–29 | 4599 (26.4) | 3871 (27.9) | 728 (20.6) |
30–39 | 3452 (20.2) | 2844 (20.8) | 608 (17.7) |
40–49 | 3441 (20.5) | 2735 (20.5) | 706 (20.0) |
50–59 | 2981 (17.4) | 2332 (17.4) | 649 (17.5) |
≥60 | 2687 (15.6) | 1822 (13.4) | 865 (24.2) |
Ethnicity | |||
Malays | 10,309 (54.6) | 8143 (54.0) | 2166 (57.2) |
Chinese | 3546 (20.5) | 2976 (21.4) | 570 (16.8) |
Indians | 1446 (8.4) | 1159 (8.5) | 287 (7.8) |
Other Bumiputeras | 1802 (11.6) | 1313 (11.1) | 489 (13.6) |
Others | 1081 (4.9) | 908 (5.0) | 173 (4.6) |
Residential area | |||
Urban | 10,116 (58.1) | 8238 (59.4) | 1878 (53.1) |
Rural | 8068 (41.9) | 6261 (40.6) | 1807 (46.9) |
Marital statusa | |||
Single | 4905 (26.7) | 4166 (28.4) | 739 (19.9) |
Married | 11,851 (65.5) | 9330 (64.6) | 2521 (68.9) |
Widow/widower/divorcee | 1419 (7.8) | 997 (7.0) | 422 (11.1) |
Education levela | |||
No formal education | 1442 (8.0) | 1007 (7.0) | 435 (12.0) |
Primary | 4296 (23.8) | 3256 (22.7) | 1040 (28.1) |
Secondary | 8703 (49.0) | 7106 (50.3) | 1597 (43.8) |
Tertiary | 3395 (19.2) | 2838 (20.0) | 557 (16.1) |
Currently workinga | |||
Yes | 10,689 (59.3) | 8767 (60.6) | 1922 (54.3) |
No | 7484 (40.7) | 5724 (39.4) | 1760 (45.7) |
Monthly household income (1 MYR ≈ 0.29 USD) | |||
<RM1000 | 3458 (17.1) | 2712 (16.9) | 746 (18.0) |
RM1000-RM1999 | 3669 (18.2) | 2932 (18.0) | 737 (18.8) |
RM2000-RM2999 | 3084 (16.8) | 2463 (16.9) | 621 (16.6) |
≥RM3000 | 7973 (47.9) | 6392 (48.1) | 1581 (46.6) |
BMI status (kg/m2)a | |||
Underweight (<18.5) | 1211 (7.8) | 954 (7.5) | 257 (8.7) |
Normal (18.5–24.9) | 7189 (45.5) | 5868 (46.1) | 1321 (42.9) |
Overweight (25.0–29.9) | 4842 (30.6) | 3874 (30.7) | 968 (30.0) |
Obese (≥30) | 2593 (16.2) | 1971 (15.7) | 622 (18.3) |
Consumption of fruits and vegetablesa | |||
<5 servings/day | 16,844 (92.8) | 13,402 (92.6) | 3442 (93.4) |
≥5 servings/day | 1314 (7.2) | 1075 (7.4) | 239 (6.6) |
Physical activity statusa | |||
Active | 11,570 (64.0) | 9472 (65.9) | 2098 (56.7) |
Inactive | 6476 (36.0) | 4914 (34.1) | 1562 (43.4) |
Smoking statusa | |||
Never smoker | 12,769 (70.8) | 10,199 (70.9) | 2570 (70.2) |
Former smoker | 1215 (7.1) | 864 (6.4) | 351 (9.8) |
Current smoker | 4069 (22.1) | 3334 (22.7) | 735 (20.0) |
Drinking statusa | |||
Non-drinker | 15,482 (84.5) | 12,374 (84.6) | 3108 (84.0) |
Former drinker | 959 (5.6) | 723 (5.4) | 236 (6.2) |
Current drinker | 1642 (9.9) | 1325 (10.0) | 317 (9.9) |
Presence of chronic diseaseb | |||
Asthma | 1142 (6.3) | 781 (5.5) | 361 (9.9) |
Arthritis | 985 (5.5) | 577 (4.2) | 408 (10.3) |
Diabetes mellitus | 1546 (9.3) | 1082 (8.5) | 464 (12.3) |
Hypertension | 2679 (15.6) | 1820 (13.6) | 859 (23.6) |
Hypercholesterolemia | 1578 (9.4) | 1058 (8.0) | 520 (14.5) |
Heart disease | 612 (3.1) | 356 (2.3) | 256 (6.4) |