Ketinggian Tempat dan Kejadian Demam Berdarah Dengue

Hutri Verenia Tamengkel (Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Sam Ratulangi)
Oksfriani Jufri Sumampouw (Program Studi Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat Program Pascasarjana Universitas Sam Ratulangi)
Odi Roni Pinontoan (Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Sam Ratulangi)

Indonesian Journal of Public Health and Community Medicine
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): Januari 2020

Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a disease that is widely found in tropical and subtropics. Factors of the spread of DHF namely air temperature, altitude, rainfall etc. The research aims to know the correlation between altitude of the place with DHF in Minahasa Regency in 2014-2018. This research used correlational quantitative research. Research was conducted in Minahasa Regency with the research time of August-October 2019. The population of this research is the DHF sufferer recorded in the health office of Minahasa District in 2014-2018. This research sample is the total population. Data were analyzed using microsoft excel and SPSS. This research was showed that the incidence of DHF was gradually increase. Minahasa regency has a various altitude. The correlation test showed that the p value= 0.001, there has correlation between altitude of place and DHF incidence. In conclusion, there has correlation between the altitude of the place and DHF incidence in Minahasa Regency.