GENDER DAN RISIKO RELATIF TERJANGKIT HIPERTENSI DI PROVINSI NUSA TENGGARA BARAT: SUATU PERMODELAN REGRESI POISSON

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hypertension was deemed the most serious disease. According to statistics from the Coordinating Ministry of Human Development and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, the most common comorbidity was hypertension (50.1 percent), which could worsen the condition of COVID-19 patients. This study endeavors to determine how likely a person and a district are to be impacted by hypertension, with a focus on the regions studied. This study employs a case study about analysis of the relative risk of hypertension sufferers approach, drawing on secondary data from the publication of the Central Bureau of Statistics for the City of West Nusa Tenggara (West Nusa Tenggara Province in Figures) in 2021. The results obtained are that men are more susceptible to hypertension than women, in almost all districts in the Nusa Tenggara Province. West Southeast. In more detail, the relative risk levels for men and women are higher in 5 districts, namely West Lombok, Central Lombok, East Lombok, Sumbawa, and Mataram City than other districts. However, the level of risk is relatively lower for men and women in 5 other districts, namely Dompu, Bima, West Sumbawa, North Lombok, and Bima City. This outcome lines up with the idea of noise intensity at work.