Hypertension in Indonesia in 2018: An Ecological Analysis

Abstract

Hypertension is a degenerative disease that is often found in conjunction with other degenerative diseases.
The study was aimed at analyzing ecologically the factors related to the prevalence of hypertension in
Indonesia. The study was conducted using secondary data from the 2018 Indonesia Basic Health Survey.
All provinces were taken as samples. Apart from the prevalence of hypertension, 4 other variables analyzed
as independent variables were the prevalence of obesity, the percentage of the population with less physical
activity, the percentage of daily smokers, and the percentage of the population with salty food consumption
habits ? 1 per day. Data were analyzed using a scatter plot. The results of the study found that the higher
the prevalence of obesity in a province, the higher the prevalence of hypertension in that province. The
higher the percentage of the population with less physical activity in a province, the higher the prevalence
of hypertension in that province. The higher the percentage of daily smokers in a province, the higher the
prevalence of hypertension in that province. The higher the percentage of the population with salty food
consumption habits ? 1 per day, the higher the prevalence of hypertension in that province. It was concluded
that the four independent variables analyzed ecologically were positively related to the prevalence of
hypertension in Indonesia.