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Background: Semarang is one of the cities in Central Java with the highest positive number and mortality rate of Covid-19. It became the largest contributor to daily cases in Central Java. In general, the severity of Covid-19 in Semarang is 5.3% and increased to 24% in the elderly. Mortality Covid-19 was caused by various factors such as demographic and non-demographic factors.
Objective: This study aims to determine the impact of several risk factors of COVID-19 mortality in Semarang.
Methods: This is an analytical cross-sectional study. Data analysis was carried out analytically with a binary logistic regression test. The sample used was the total population of 32.555 confirmed positive from March 2020 to March 2021 registered in Semarang Health Office.
Results: The results demonstrated that mortality due to Covid-19 in Semarang was frequent in the elderly (27.3%), males (9.4%), had comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus (28.6%), kidney disease (43.5%), neuromuscular (36.4%), and cancer (29.3%), and accompanied by symptoms such as Dyspnea (18.1%), weakness/lethargy (19.9%), and fever (14.6%).
Conclusion: Age, gender, travel history, comorbidities (kidney, neuromuscular, cancer, and diabetes mellitus), and symptoms (fever, shortness of breath, and weakness/lethargy) are risk factors for mortality Covid-19 in Semarang.

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Covid-19 Comorbidity Symptoms Travel History Mortality

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Rita Laila Wulandari, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang

Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang

Cahya Tri Purnami, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang

Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang

Farid Agushybana, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang

Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang

Atik Mawarni, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang

Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang

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Wulandari, R. L., Purnami, C. T. ., Agushybana, F. ., & Mawarni, A. . (2022). The influence of demography, travel history and comorbidity toward the mortality incidence due to Covid-19 in Semarang. JKKI : Jurnal Kedokteran Dan Kesehatan Indonesia, 13(2), 149–159. https://doi.org/10.20885/JKKI.Vol13.Iss2.art7
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