Friday, February 29, 2008

Malaysian medical health

I kinda ashamed of myself when my local friends ask me about Malaysian Health Facts - I don't have the answer. Finally I found them!

As of 2006,

Doctor:patient ratio is 1: 1,214

Dentists:patient 1:9016

Main cause of government hospital admission: Deliveries

Main cause of death in government hospital: Septicaemia

Male life expectancy: 71.8 years

Female: 76.8 years

2 most common infections : Dengue and TB

more info click here (pdf)

4 comments:

n.i.s.n.m said...

oh my!
i pon tak tahu ape2 about msian medical health! *malu*

h.3.l.3.n said...

1 dentist to 9000!!! i think in sabah swak even worse!

Aaron said...

Yeah..this is just the national average. If you check the document, East Malaysia has worse ratio.

That's why we have more medic and dentist scholarships :)

Ang Choon Seong said...

i know male age expectancy - 72. Coz thats the age i was thinking samy vellu shud go already, at least politically.. HAHA.