Gambaran Epidemiologi Hipertensi di Puskesmas Gamping I

Background : Epidemiological transition stems from a change where a decline in the prevalence of communicable diseases and non- communicable diseases (NCDs) have increased. Report in 2011 there was one billion people worldwide suffer from hypertension and in Indonesia the figure reached 31.7%. Objective : The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiological of hypertension Gamping I Community Health Center and determine the proportion of hypertension according to age, sex, occupation, education, socio-economic, geographic, demographic and access to health services. Method : The research design was a retrospective cohort. This research was conducted in Gamping I Community Health Center in November 2016. Population and sample in this study were all patients with hypertension in Gamping I Community Health Center in 2013, 2014 and 2015. The independent variables in this study were age, gender, education, employment, social, cultural, demographic population density, geographic and ease of access to health services. While the dependent variable is the proportion of hypertension. Data analysis was performed using Chi Square to know know the proportions of age, gender, education, employment, social, economic, population density, geography, access to health services with hypertension in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Result : Based on the analysis proves the young elderly, women, housewife, secondary education, non-poor families, low-lying area, population density and access to health care were likely to have hypertension with percentages respectively 33%, 66.7%, 44.9%, 70.1%, 76.7% , 71.9%, 37.9% and 82.9%.   Keywords: Hypertension, Epidemiology