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- - - - An average of 18 000 teenage girls in Malaysia get pregnant each year, 25%, about 4500 cases involved out-of-wedlock pregnancy. (Bernama, 27 Oct 27)
    - - Lack of parental supervision, most of the victim agreed that communication with their parents was low when it came to discussing personal problem. (Salamatussaddah AG, Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 2009)
      - Lack of sexual and reproductive health information. (Mohd Azri Mohd Sian, A Review of Teenage Pregnancy Research In Malaysia, 4 August 2015)
    - - In 2012, it recorded 18847 pregnant girls aged 10-19 at Malaysian public health facilities, which constituted 3.2% of the estimated 580536 pregnant mother of the year. (Ministry of Health)
  - - - Mental health problems.
      - Low academic achievement.
      - Life long poverty.
    - - Baby dumping.
    - - Being view negatively by the society.
  - - - Refraining from vaginal, anal or oral intercourse. (The Centre For Disease Control In US, Horan et. al 1998)
- - - - According to National Anti-Drugs Agency, the cases detected by both newly drug addict and former drug addict was the highest in 2016(30844) and the lowest was in 2014(21777).
    - - Family issues like negative parental, fight and quarrel between parent. (Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1996)
      - Peer influence such as having friends involved in drug that knewwhere to obtain the drug.
    - - In pre-independence, the main drug abuse was opium which was initially consumed by immigrants from China who were introduced by British colonialist to work in Malaysia.
      - The post-independence era began in 1960s when young adults were influenced by the "Hippy" subculture. Consumption pattern changed where more Malays were involved in drug abuse compared to other ethnic groups. (JUMMEC, 2008)
  - - - Lose opportunity to get a job and they get rejected by the community and families. (JUMMEC, 2008)
    - - Health problems like HIV/AIDS because of sharing needles.
- - - - According to World Health Organization (WHO), Malaysian per capita alcohol consumption rises from 0.8 liters of pure alcohol in years 2003-2005 to 1.3 liters of pure alcohol in the years 2008-2010.
    - - Peer group infuence and wanting to try new things and it is can be cause by personal or family problems.
      - Easy availability of alcoholic beverages and it is also affordable.
    - - In the states of Sabah and Sarawak on Borneo, indigenous people traditionally drank a home-made rice wine called Tuak or Tapai in conjunction with harvest celebrations and social or communal gatherings. (Arakiasamy, 1995)
      - When the British developed plantation agriculture and mining in the 19th and early 20th centuries, they used alcohol as a colonizing nd proletarianizing force, as British colonials did elsewhere in the empire. (Van Onselen, 1982)
  - - - Drunk driving accident.
      - Lose self-control and causing violence.
    - - Can cause miscarriage among pregnant women.
      - Alcohol poisoning.
  - - - A decision-making tools, reminders monitoring with alert and social support services for alcohol users. (Journal of the American Medical Association, 1998)
- - - - Between 15% and 71% of women in dependent region will experience domestic violence. (World Health Organization, 2015)
    - - The abuser solved their problems in past with violence.
      - Mental health problem such as extreme jealousy.
    - - In 2018, Malaysia ranked top 5 most unsafe countries for women in Asia Pacific. (The ASEAN Post, 2020)
      - During Movement Control Order (MCO) period, 1986 domestic violence cases reported in Malaysia. (The Star, 2020)
  - - - Homicide or victim committing suicide.
      - Abused victim suffer acute physical injuries and other chronic health problem.