Prevalence of Hypertension, Diabetes, High Total Cholesterol, Obesity and Daily Smoking

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Prevalence of Hypertension, Diabetes, High Total Cholesterol, Obesity and Daily Smoking

Data from Jan 1992 to Dec 2017

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:07 SGT

MOH (Ministry of Health)

Prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, high total cholesterol, obesity and daily smoking among Singapore residents aged 18 to 69 years.

Definitions:

Hypertension: ≥ 140/90 mmHg
Diabetes: Fasting plasma glucose ≥ 6.9 mmol/l
Hyperlipidaemia: LDL-Cholesterol ≥ 4.1 mmol/l
Obesity: BMI ≥ 30kg/m2
Daily Smoking: Smokes cigarettes at least once a day
na - not available

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PrevalenceofHypertensionDiabetesHighTotalCholesterolObesityandDailySmoking.csv (30 rows, 661 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Disease Text	Prevalence rate Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)20.0%
1992	Hypertension	16.1
1992	Diabetes	7.3
1992	Hyperlipidaemia	na
1992	Obesity	5.1
1992	Daily Smoking	18.3
1998	Hypertension	21.5
1998	Diabetes	7.4
1998	Hyperlipidaemia	na
1998	Obesity	6
1998	Daily Smoking	15.2

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Disease	disease	Text	-	-
Prevalence rate	prevalence_rate	Numeric (Percentage)	-	-

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_efea9966c502767122171c61d88062db"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Ministry of Health. (2016). Prevalence of Hypertension, Diabetes, High Total Cholesterol, Obesity and Daily Smoking (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 8, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_efea9966c502767122171c61d88062db/view

Prevalence rate by Year

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PrevalenceofHypertensionDiabetesHighTotalCholesterolObesityandDailySmoking.csv (30 rows, 661 B)

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