The Indonesian Ministry of Health's 2023 Indonesian Health Survey (SKI) reports a 0.85% prevalence of heart disease in Indonesia.
Based on occupation, the highest prevalence was found among government employees, including civil servants (PNS), members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), the Indonesian National Police (Polri), and employees of state-owned enterprises (BUMN) and regional-owned enterprises (BUMD), at 2.04%.
Furthermore, a high prevalence of heart disease was also detected among unemployed individuals, at 1.42%.
Other groups included self-employed individuals (wiraswasta) with a prevalence of 1.05%; small-scale laborers, drivers, or domestic workers (PRT) at 0.90%; and farmers or farm laborers at 0.86%. Private sector employees and fishermen followed with prevalences of 0.68% and 0.36%, respectively.
School-aged children also showed a prevalence of heart disease at 0.12%, while other occupations comprised 1.66% of the total.
The prevalence of heart disease was calculated based on physician diagnoses in the entire population, regardless of age, and expressed as a percentage.
For information, the 2023 SKI is a follow-up study from the 2018 Riskesdas conducted by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Health Development Policy Agency (BKPK).
Data collection methods involved interviews, measurements, and examinations. Approximately 75% of the key health indicators collected in 2007, 2013, and 2018 were re-measured in 2023, with the addition of new indicators.
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