Almost 20% of Malaysian adults have diabetes, says Dr Zaliha

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 3,899,940 or 18.3% of the adult population in Malaysia have diabetes, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

In a written parliamentary reply dated Thursday (Nov 30), Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said statistics from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2019, showed nine states recording a higher percentage of diabetic patients compared to the overall adult population.