This statistic presents the results of a survey on perceived leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Malaysia as of 2018. According to data published by Ipsos, around 24 percent of Malaysian respondents thought that most people killed through interpersonal violence in 2015 died from firearms, when the actual share of firearm victims in 2015 was around 23 percent of all violent deaths in Malaysia.
Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Malaysia as of October 2018
samples represent a more urban and educated population with higher incomes
Method of interview
Online panel
Supplementary notes
Survey question:
Thinking about people who are killed by other people in Malaysia in 2015, do you think more people were killed by firearms, sharp objects such as knives or other physical violence? Choose the one option that you think resulted in the most deaths.
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Ipsos. (December 5, 2018). Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Malaysia as of October 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/953053/malaysia-perceived-and-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
Ipsos. "Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Malaysia as of October 2018." Chart. December 5, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/953053/malaysia-perceived-and-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
Ipsos. (2018). Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Malaysia as of October 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/953053/malaysia-perceived-and-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
Ipsos. "Perceived and Actual Leading Causes of Death through Interpersonal Violence in Malaysia as of October 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/953053/malaysia-perceived-and-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
Ipsos, Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Malaysia as of October 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/953053/malaysia-perceived-and-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in Malaysia as of October 2018 [Graph], Ipsos, December 5, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/953053/malaysia-perceived-and-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
