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Diabetes costs govt RM4.9 billion a year

Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa says the government spends RM4.9 billion a year to deal with diabetes-related problems and estimates that 3.9 million adults currently suffer from the disease. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 8, 2023.

Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the 2019 National Health and Morbidity Survey also found that the prevalence of diabetes among adults aged 18 and above showed an increase from 11.2% in 2011 to 13.4% in 2015, rising to 18.3% in 2019.

 

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