CHRONIC DISEASES
Parliament of Singapore · 21 May 2007
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CHRONIC DISEASES
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Assoc. Prof. Kalyani K Mehta asked the Minister for Health (a) if he can provide a breakdown according to age, gender and ethnicity of Singapore residents and citizens suffering from (i) Diabetes type-1 and Diabetes type-2; (ii) Hypertension; and (iii) stroke or post-stroke; and (b) if he can provide statistics on the total numbers who have applied under the Chronic Disease Management scheme for each of the above diseases since its launch last year.
Mr Khaw Boon Wan: We do not have precise figures and can only estimate the breakdown by age, gender and ethnicity of Singapore citizens who suffer from diabetes, hypertension and stroke based on the latest national health survey in 2004. The estimates are summarised in Tables 1-3 below.
Column: 851
** Table 1: Estimated Number of Singaporeans with Diabetes, 2004 **
Age Group
|
Total
|
Chinese
|
Malay
|
Indian
---|---|---|---|---
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
Total
|
273,300
|
137,100
|
136,200
|
191,600
|
90,400
|
101,200
|
41,400
|
22,300
|
19,100
|
40,200
|
24,400
|
15,800
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18-39
|
17,000
|
8,500
|
8,500
|
8,100
|
4,700
|
3,400
|
4,400
|
1,900
|
2,500
|
4,500
|
1,900
|
2,600
40-59
|
120,300
|
68,100
|
52,200
|
80,400
|
46,100
|
34,300
|
20,000
|
11,300
|
8,700
|
19,800
|
10,700
|
9,100
60 & above
|
136,000
|
60,500
|
75,500
|
103,100
|
39,600
|
63,500
|
17,000
|
9,100
|
7,900
|
15,900
|
11,800
|
4,100
Source: National Health Survey 2004
** Table 2: Estimated Number of Singaporeans with Hypertension, 2004 **
Age Group
|
Total
|
Chinese
|
Malay
|
Indian
---|---|---|---|---
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
Total
|
613,700
|
344,800
|
268,900
|
507,800
|
287,000
|
220,800
|
67,500
|
35,200
|
32,300
|
38,400
|
22,600
|
15,800
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18-39
|
74,000
|
57,600
|
16,400
|
55,700
|
43,500
|
12,200
|
10,400
|
7,700
|
2,700
|
7,900
|
6,400
|
1,500
40-59
|
287,800
|
171,600
|
116,200
|
237,100
|
146,700
|
90,400
|
32,400
|
14,900
|
17,500
|
18,300
|
10,000
|
8,300
60 & above
|
251,900
|
115,600
|
136,300
|
215,000
|
96,800
|
118,200
|
24,700
|
12,600
|
12,100
|
12,200
|
6,200
|
6,000
Source: National Health Survey 2004
** Table 3: Estimated Number of Singaporeans with Stroke (self-reported)(1), 2004 **
Age Group
|
Total
|
Chinese
|
Malay
|
Indian
---|---|---|---|---
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
Total
|
35,200
|
22,900
|
12,300
|
29,900
|
19,900
|
10,000
|
3,500
|
1,800
|
1,700
|
1,800
|
1,200
|
600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18-39
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
40-59
|
16,200
|
12,100
|
4,100
|
14,400
|
11,500
|
2,900
|
600
|
0
|
600
|
1,200
|
600
|
600
60 & above
|
19,000
|
10,800
|
8,200
|
15,500
|
8,400
|
7,100
|
2,900
|
1,800
|
1,100
|
600
|
600
|
0
Source: National Health Survey 2004
Column: 853
The Medisave for Chronic Disease Management Scheme was launched for diabetes in October 2006 and extended to hypertension, lipid disorder and stroke in January 2007. So far, 60,000 patients have benefited from the scheme. The statistics are summarised in Table 4 below.
** Table 4: Patients who have claimed from the Medisave for Chronic Disease Management Programme **
Disease Type
|
Number (up to end April 2007)
---|---
Diabetes(2)
|
47,035
Hypertension
|
11,635
Lipids disorder
|
1,020
Stroke
|
199
Total: |
59,889: * * *
(1) Refers to survey respondents who answered 'Yes' to the question "Have you ever been told by a doctor that you had a stroke?"
(2) Patients who suffer from diabetes and one or more of the other three diseases are classified as diabetes patients.
Column: 853
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 21 May 2007. Republished on SGParliament.