Jakarta, Province with the Highest Prevalence of Diabetes

According to a survey by the Indonesian Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), the prevalence of diabetes mellitus based on doctor's diagnosis in the Indonesian population of all ages reached 1.7% in 2023.

Broken down by province, the highest prevalence of diabetes mellitus was in DKI Jakarta, reaching 3.1%.

This was followed by DI Yogyakarta with a prevalence of 2.9% and East Kalimantan with 2.3%.

Meanwhile, the province with the lowest prevalence of diabetes mellitus was Papua Pegunungan, at only 0.2%.

The following is a list of the 10 provinces with the highest national prevalence of diabetes mellitus in 2023:

1. DKI Jakarta: 3.1%
2. DI Yogyakarta: 2.9%
3. East Kalimantan: 2.3%
4. East Java: 2.2%
5. Bangka Belitung: 2.1%
6. North Sulawesi: 2.1%
7. Banten: 1.9%
8. Central Java: 1.8%
9. West Java: 1.7%
10. Bali: 1.7%

The Kemenkes survey also found that the most prevalent type of diabetes mellitus among the population is type 2, with a proportion of 50.1%.

Furthermore, 16.9% of respondents suffered from type 1 diabetes mellitus, 2.6% experienced gestational diabetes, and 30.3% did not know the type of diabetes they had.

According to Eva Susanti, Director of Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases at Kemenkes, diabetes is influenced by many factors, such as lifestyle, family history of diabetes, lack of physical activity, and consistently high sugar consumption.

Diabetes also risks causing various other diseases.

"Diabetes is the *mother of all diseases*. If uncontrolled, it can lead to heart disease, stroke, and kidney problems, which will be even more serious and costly," said Eva, as quoted from the official Kemenkes website (10/1/2024).

Kemenkes stated that diabetes can be prevented by maintaining an ideal body weight, regularly engaging in 30 minutes of physical activity every day, eating healthy foods, reducing sugar, salt, and saturated fat intake, and avoiding smoking and alcohol consumption.