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Table 1 Estimated number of adults with periodontitis in Malaysia in year 2020

From: Modelling the national economic burden of non-surgical periodontal management in specialist clinics in Malaysia using a markov model

 

All

Moderate Periodontitis

Severe Periodontitis

Estimate

95% CI

Estimate

95% CI

Estimate

95% CI

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Moderate

(CPI 3)

Severe

(CPI 4)

Prevalence of adults with periodontitis1

48.5%

46.0%

51.2%

30.3%

29.0%

31.6%

18.2%

17.0%

19.6%

Number of adults in Malaysia2

24,692,460

Estimated number of adults with periodontitis

11,975,843

11,358,532

12,642,540

7,481,815

7,160,813

7,802,817

4,494,028

4,197,718

4,839,722

  1. Note 1Data obtained from 2010 NOHSA (OHD, 2013)
  2. 2Data obtained from 2020 National Census (DOSM, 2022)