HUBUNGAN USIA, JENIS KELAMIN DAN BERAT BADAN LAHIR DENGAN KEJADIAN ANEMIA PADA BALITA DI INDONESIA

Abstract

Anemia is a condition where haemoglobin is below the normal value. Anaemia is often meet at children and pregnant women. Many factors cause anaemia i.e. iron, deficiency of folic acid and vitamin B12, Babies who are born prematurely or have a low birth weight . The aim of this research was to know correlation between age, sex, birthweight with anemia. This study is a part of Basic health research (Riskesdas) 2013 data. The study population was children under five years old, who were respondents Riskesdas 2013, analysis used in this study is the Chi-Square test. The results showed that 194,668 children, the highest anemia at the age of 12-24 months 36,1%, female gender 57,9%, low birth weight 20,6%, prevalence anemia 20,4%. Based on bivariate analysis it is known that the related variables (p