Statistic for Mental Health Issue

Prevalence of mental health issues Malaysia 2019 by demography

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 24, 2019

    This statistic shows the result of a survey amongst respondents who have experienced mental health issues in Malaysia as of June 2019, by demography. During the period surveyed, eleven percent of respondents aged 18 to 24 years old stated that they have experienced mental health issues, compared to two percent of those aged 55 years old and above. Respondents who earned seven thousand ringgits and above were more likely to have experienced mental health issues, with13 percent, than those who earned three thousand ringgits and less, at six percent.

    In this entry we present the latest estimates of mental health disorder prevalence and the associated disease burden. Most of the estimates presented in this entry are produced by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and reported in their flagship Global Burden of Disease study.

    For 2017 this study estimates that 792 million people lived with a mental health disorder. This is slightly more than one in ten people globally (10.7%)

    Mental health disorders are complex and can take many forms. The underlying sources of the data presented in this entry apply specific definitions (which we describe in each relevant section), typically in accordance with WHO’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). This broad definition incorporates many forms, including depression, anxiety, bipolar, eating disorders and schizophrenia.

    Mental health disorders remain widely under-reported — in our section on Data Quality & Definitions we discuss the challenges of dealing with this data. This is true across all countries, but particularly at lower incomes where data is scarcer, and there is less attention and treatment for mental health disorders. Figures presented in this entry should be taken as estimates of mental health disorder prevalence — they do not reflect diagnosis data (which would provide the global perspective on diagnosis, rather than actual prevalence differences), but are imputed from a combination of medical, epidemiological data, surveys and meta-regression modelling where raw data is unavailable. Further information can be found here.

    It is also important to keep in mind that the uncertainty of the data on mental health is generally high so we should be cautious about interpreting changes over time and differences between countries.

    The data shown in this entry demonstrate that mental health disorders are common everywhere. Improving awareness, recognition, support and treatment for this range of disorders should therefore be an essential focus for global health.

    The table here provides a summary of the data which follows on mental health and substance use disorders. Clicking on a given disorder will take you to the relevant section for further data and information.

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    The Global Burden of Disease study aggregates substance use disorders (alcohol and drug use disorders) with mental health disorders in many statistics. In the discussion of the prevalence we have followed this practice, but we will change it in future updates of this research.

    We address substance use disorders (alcohol and drug use disorders) in separate entries on Substance Use and Alcohol Consumption.

Disorder	Share of global population with disorder (2017) [difference across countries]	Number of people with the disorder (2017)	Share of males:females with disorder (2017)
Any mental health disorder	10.7%	792 million	9.3% males 11.9% females
Depression	3.4% [2-6%]	264 million	2.7% males 4.1% females
Anxiety disorders	3.8% [2.5-7%]	284 million	2.8% males 4.7% females
Bipolar disorder	0.6% [0.3-1.2%]	46 million	0.55% males 0.65% females
Eating disorders (clinical anorexia & bulimia)	0.2% [0.1-1%]	16 million	0.13% males 0.29% females
Schizophrenia	0.3% [0.2-0.4%]	20 million	0.26% males 0.25% females
Any mental or substance use disorder	13% [11-18%]	970 million	12.6% males 13.3% females
Alcohol use disorder	1.4% [0.5-5%]	107 million	2% males 0.8% females
Drug use disorder (excluding alcohol)	0.9% [0.4-3.5%]	71 million	1.3% males 0.6% females

Mental health treatment statistics

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health defines mental health services as receiving inpatient or outpatient treatment or counseling or taking prescription drugs for mental health problems.

• 15% of American young adults (aged 18 to 25) received mental health care in one year. (SAMHSA, 2018)
• A quarter of college students have mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, and alcohol use disorder. (Psychological Services, 2020)
• The majority (93%) of students are aware of on-campus services related to mental health. (American Psychological Association, 2018)
• Only 13% of students with a mental health problem utilize on-campus resources, such as counseling. (American Psychological Association, 2018)
• Less than a third of white adolescents do not receive mental health services, but half of minority adolescents do not receive needed care. (The National Alliance to Advance Mental Health, 2007)
• More than half of young people who have been involved with the juvenile justice system meet the criteria for at least one psychiatric disorder, yet only 15% of them have received treatment. (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2017)