Incidence of Non-Communicable Diseases in Urban and Rural Areas of Indonesia

Introduction: NCDs were known of causing 74% of deaths worldwide, and 77% of all these deaths are in low- and middle-income countries. The prevalence of NCD in Indonesia has increased over the past five years as it has in the majority of other Low Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) in the Asia Pacific area. The objective of this study is to examine the incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in urban and rural areas. Methodology: This study used secondary data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey conducted in 2014-2015 (wave 5). A total of 16,204 households and 50,148 individuals were interviewed by the IFLS-5 in 2014-2015. The data reflects the entire country of Indonesia and was collected by stratified random sampling from province to residence level. We involved respondents between the ages of 18 and 64 as the inclusion criterion for this research. The exclusion criteria include those with unknown or incomplete data. A total of 26,437 participants were involved in this study. Result: People with CKD were nearly the same in urban and rural areas (55.91% and 44.09%); cholesterol disease (76.16% and 23.84%); CVD (63.38% and 36.62%); hypertension (62.57% and 37.43%); diabetes (74.42% and 25.58%); stroke (67.65% and 32.35%). Conclusions: Chronic kidney disease was nearly equal in both urban and rural; while cholesterol, cardiovascular, hypertension, diabetes, and stroke were higher in urban areas. This could be worthwhile to consider as part of improving NCD prevention and treatment. Keywords: non-communicable, rural, urban.