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Prevalence Of Overweight, Obesity, Daily Smoking, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperlipidaemia, Sufficient Total Physical Activity And Binge Drinking Among Residents Aged 18-74 Years

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF HEALTH

Data Last Updated: 15/10/2024

Update Frequency: Ad-Hoc

Footnotes: Data for 2010 are from the National Health Survey. Data for years 2007 and 2013 are from the National Health Surveillance Survey. Data for 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 are from the National Population Health Survey. The findings of different surveys are not directly comparable, and should be interpreted with caution, because of differences in the survey methodology.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M870401

Data from Jan 2007 to Dec 2023

Last updated 26 days ago (14 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

PrevalenceOfOverweightObesityDailySmokingHypertensionDiabetesMellitusHyperlipidaemiaSufficientTotalPhysicalActivityAndBingeDrinkingAmongResidentsAged1874Years.csv (27 rows, 2.5 KB)

Data Series
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2023
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2021
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2019
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2007
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2022
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2020
Numeric
2017
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2013
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2010
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)55.6%
(Null)55.6%
(Null)55.6%
(Null)55.6%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)33.3%
(Null)22.2%
Overweight (Excluding Obese) - Totalnananana28.628.827.525.729.8
Obese - Totalnananana11.610.58.68.610.5
Daily Smoking - Total8.810.410.613.39.210.111.813.113.9
Diabetes Mellitus - Totalnananana8.59.58.8na8.6
Hypertension - Totalnananana3735.524.2na19.8
Hyperlipidaemia - Totalnananana31.939.135.5na26.2
Sufficient Total Physical Activity - Total78.57684.685.474.980.68479.5na
Binge Drinking - Total10.39.610.24.39.410.58.87.4na
Proportion Of Singapore Residents Who Were Screened For Chronic Diseases According To The Recommended Frequency - Total62.659.266.358.160.36366.45645.2
Overweight (Excluding Obese) - Malenananana33.433.536.230.835.1
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_711586488b23182801c94bd7b6807833"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Prevalence Of Overweight, Obesity, Daily Smoking, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperlipidaemia, Sufficient Total Physical Activity And Binge Drinking Among Residents Aged 18-74 Years (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_711586488b23182801c94bd7b6807833/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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