Profile of Dengue High Fever in Blitar City at 2015-2017

Abstract

Background: Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) remains a health problem in Indonesia where the number of cases reported in 2015 was 129,650 cases with a total death toll of 1,071 people. The city of Blitar is the region with the 13th highest dengue fever case in East Java Province. Purpose: This study aims to describe cases of dengue fever in the city of Blitar. Methods: This study is an observational descriptive study with a case series approach. The data used in this study is dengue fever data in the East Java Health Profile for 2015-2017. Results: The majority of dengue fever occurred in the age group 5-14 years (46.72%). Most cases of dengue fever occur in men (51.19%). The city of Blitar is an area with cases of dengue fever which is high each year with the Incidence Rate (IR) in 2016 reaching 189 per 100,000 population. The increase in cases of dengue fever is not in line with the increase in rainfall in the city of Blitar. Jumantik has 166 people spread across 21 regions, but the free larvae (ABJ) from Blitar is still 79%, far from the success indicator of 95%. Conclusion: Blitar City is an endemic area of DHF that has stratification of 20 hamlets. The pattern of dengue fever in Blitar City in 2015-2017 was the highest in men and in the age group of 5-14 years.