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Malaysia National Health And Morbidity Survey 2006

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General Info
Provider 
Institute for Public Health, Ministry of Health (Malaysia)
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Geography 
Malaysia (MYS)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
04/2006 - 07/2006
Series or system 
Malaysia National Health and Morbidity Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The 2006 Malaysia National Health and Morbidity Survey covered topics such as health expenditures, health care utilization, preventative practices, health status, women's health, smoking behavior, and alcohol consumption. The total number of individual participants in the sampled households were 59,938. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews by trained staff and nurses. Reports by research topics are available on the Institute for Public Health website.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Alcohol use, Amputation, Animal injuries, Anthropometry, Asthma, Blood disorders, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breast cancer, Breastfeeding, Burns, COPD, Cancers, Cerebrovascular diseases, Child mortality, Cholera, Cirrhosis of the liver, Condoms, Contraceptives, Dental care, Diabetes, Dialysis, Diarrhea, Disability, Drownings, Education, Education access, Ethnicity, Falls, Foreign bodies, HIV and AIDS, Health care access, Health care use, Health insurance, Health promotion, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Income, Indoor residual spraying, Insulin, Intentional injuries, Ischemic heart disease, Limited mobility, Lower respiratory infections, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mobility aids, Mortality, Nutrition, Obesity, Occupational injuries, Occupations, Oral conditions, Oral hygiene, Personal health expenditures, Pesticides, Physical activity, Preventive interventions, Religion, Road traffic injuries, STDs, Sanitation, Screening mammography, Self-inflicted injuries, Self-treatment, Sexual behavior, Stroke, Tobacco smoking, Transplants, Tuberculosis, Unintentional injuries
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021