KEJADIAN PNEUMONIA PADA BATITA DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS SUKAMERINDUKOTA BENGKULU

Abstract

Pneumonia is an infection or inflammation of the lower respiratory tract that
involves the alveoli and bronchioles. Risk factors for pneumonia which occurs in boys
aged 1-3 years with a skinny body weight. Pneumonia is the leading cause of death of
infants and toddlers in Indonesia with a total percentage (23.6%), which is the largest
proportion of all-cause mortality in infants and toddlers. In the city of Bengkulu number
of events in 2014 pneumonia were 942 (6.07%), Sukamerindu health centre is first order
with 51 people, Basuki Rahmat 47 people, and 39 people in Lingkar Barat. Purpose of
this study was to determine the incidence of pneumonia in toddlers picture in Puskesmas
Sukamerindu in 2014. This study used a descriptive design, with a population of children
aged 1-3 years which amounted to 51 people, technique data sampling was used Total
Sampling, data collection secondary techniques, data obtained by existing records in
health centers (patient registers). The results showed that the majority (60.8%) children
aged 13-24 months, the majority (72.5%) child-sex male, and most (56.9%) children were
in the category of lean body weight. It is recommended to parents, especially mothers to
be able to take precautions against the occurrence of pneumonia, such as providing
adequate nutrition to children so that children are not malnourished which can increase
the risk of pneumonia