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Table 1 Prevalence of disability among adult population in Malaysia (n = 19,959)

From: Prevalence and determinants of disability among adults in Malaysia: results from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2015

Level of disability

Unweighted count

Estimated population

Prevalence % (95% CI)

At least one domain scored some difficulty

5,761

5,235,342

25.9 (24.78, 27.13)

At least one domain scored a lot of difficulty

659

553,865

2.7 (2.46, 3.06)

At least one domain scored unable to do at all

237

195,924

1.0 (0.82, 1.15)

At least one domain scored a lot of difficulty/unable to do, or, at least some difficulty scored in two domains

2802

2,387,716

11.8 (11.15, 12.53)