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Figure 37
Elderly Attendances at Health Clinics, 2013 to 2017
Total Female Male
3924888
2017 2064136
1,860,752
3123671
2016 1624524
1,499,147
3947564
2015 2039839
1,907,725
3669646
2014 1885872
1,783,774
3519553
2013 1798311
1,721,242
Source : Family Health Development Division, Reten PKWE 201 A
Figure 38
Top Ten Diagnoses Among The Elderly Detected During Visit To Health Clinics, 2017.
25000
25.2
20000
15000 15.5
10000
6.6
5000 2.1 2.1 1.5 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.4
0
Hypertensio Diabetes Joint Pain Visual Asthma CHD Oral CVA Dementia Deafness
n Defect
Main Diagnosis 20559 12684 5383 1751 1678 1222 1052 571 406 294
Source: Family Health Development Division, – Reten WE 1/2012
In 2017, a total of 32,559 health personnel have been trained in the Care for the Elderly were and in
addition, another 28,811 caregivers from institutions, NGOs, voluntary bodies and other agencies were
also trained. Under the National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) 7 – “1Malaysia Family Care” program a
total of 10302 or 93 per cent elderly in institution and 1719 elderly living at home have been screened
and treated. Table 32 shows achievements of activities under the NBOS 10: 1Pesara Initiative.
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