HYPERTENSI DAN FAKTOR-FAKTOR RISIKONYA DI INDONESIA

Date
2012
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Susilowati, Dwi; Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Sistem dan Kebijakan Kesehatan, Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kesehatan. Kementerian Kesehatan Rl, Jakarta
Aryastami, Ni Ketut; Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Sistem dan Kebijakan Kesehatan, Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kesehatan. Kementerian Kesehatan Rl, Jakarta
Erry, Erry; Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Sistem dan Kebijakan Kesehatan, Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kesehatan. Kementerian Kesehatan Rl, Jakarta
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Background: This study describes the hypertension rate in Indonesia in 2007 and its related factors. The data was obtained from RISKESDAS (Riset Kesehatan Dasar/Basic Health Research) 2007 which included questions of individual, social and physical health of respondents aged 15 years and more during the data collection. Methods: Statistical method used was cross tabulation and un-pair t-test. Results: The result showed that totally 36.3% males and 35 8% females suffered from hypertension. High hypertension rates were found at Gorontalo, East Java, Central Java, Bangka Belitung and West Java provinces. Hypertension began at early aged, those aged 15-18 years, 6. 5% boys and 12.8% girls suffered from hypertension. Being head of the family, low education and not working was related to a higher rate for hypertension. Those with no education have the highest hypertension rate, i.e.: 61.4% among females and 49.0% among males. Pregnant women have lower hypertension rate as compared to non-pregnant women. Those who were unemployed had the high estrate for hypertension (42.4%). Hypertension rate among farmers was higher as compare to fisher-men (42.3% vs 21 8%). Those that suffer from heart disease, Diabetes Mellitus and stroke had a significantly higher hypertension rate than those who were not. Those that smoked or chew tobacco in the past one month has a higher hypertension rate than those who were not smoking or tobacco chewing. The majority of the smokers were heavy smokers. Key words: hypertension, age, sex, marital status, education level, occupation, tobacco, physical activity
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