Prevalence of Hypertension in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Working Area of Jatibaru Community Health Center in 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts an increase in the number of diabetes mellitus sufferers in Indonesia from 8.4 million people in 2000 to around 21.3 million people in 2030. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes increases with age and changes in unhealthy lifestyles. Several studies show that the incidence of hyperglycemia in diabetes is closely related to hypertension. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2017, two out of three people with diabetes have high blood pressure. At the Jatibaru Community Health Center, based on 2023 data, it is known that hypertension and diabetes are always included in the data on the 10 most common diseases every month. Based on this background and related to the incidence of Hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus is still relatively high, so researchers are interested to knowing the picture hypertension in type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Jatibaru. This research is a descriptive study with a cross-sectional approach using secondary data taken from Non-Communicable Disease data. The population in this study were all adult and elderly respondents registered in the non-communicable disease program register, who based on anamnesis, physical and laboratory examination, were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension. The sample was taken by purposive sampling. In this research, it was found that people with hypertension and diabetes mellitus were found in all adult and elderly age categories. The distribution of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus patients continues to increase with increasing age, the prevalence of sufferers being more female than male. As many as 65% of the total type 2 diabetes mellitus sufferers also experience hypertension.