reported cases of anemia

Evening guys. 

Still in topics of anemia. Do you all knows the prevalence of anemia cases in Malaysia specifically? Do you ever wonder how many reported cases in Malaysia? Do you want want to know?

In Malaysia, anaemia in pregnant women still constitute a major and challenging health problem. 

Around 30% of women of reproductive age (corresponding to approximately 2 million women) have anaemia according to the WHO surveys. In a recent study of young women, 32% were anaemic, and in 88% the anaemia was due to ID. Eventually, most women of reproductive age in Malaysia will end up becoming pregnant and having children. 

When non-pregnant women with IDA become pregnant, they have a poor starting position for a good pregnancy and for a good outcome of pregnancy, unless they take adequate iron supplements from early pregnancy.

The prevalence of anemia is 35% and mostly of the mild type and more prevalent in the Indian and Malays.

Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) in Malaysia was 20.70 as of 2011. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 32.00 in 1995, while its lowest value was 20.70 in 2011.

The diagram shows the percentage of anemia cases in Malaysia from the year 1995 till 2011. 

    

Year	Value
1995	32.00
1996	31.30
1997	30.60
1998	30.00
1999	29.20
2000	28.50
2001	27.70
2002	26.80
2003	26.00
2004	25.20
2005	24.50
2006	23.70
2007	23.00
2008	22.20
2009	21.50
2010	20.90
2011	20.70

From the table, we can see that the number of cases has been decreased year and by year and it is a good indicator of our country health care.