![]() In addition, ‘health transition’ is also happening in Indonesia where the most prevalent disease occurs among elderly are shifted from infectious disease into chronic illness. In elderly, risk of immobility and dependency is increase, at the same time energy and overall nutrient intake is decreases, and malnutrition is prevalent. Healthy ageing is an important issue to be addressed in Indonesia. ![]() Considering that social determinant is one of the important factor contributes to health status of elderly, social inequity gap in in this area could impact to quality of health and wellbeing of this high risk population. According to the Indonesian National Statistic Agencies, Gini coefficient ratio in Jakarta was 0.39 in 2018. However, income per capita inequity in Jakarta was also higher than the national number since 2014 indicating high social inequity problems in this area. Jakarta province is the capital city of Indonesia that placed the second highest in life expectancy rate among other province in 2015 with the number rate at 73.56 years. ![]() According to Indonesian Ministry of Health (MoH), the share of people aged 65 years and older was 9.03% in 2017 and projected to reach about 12.9% in 2030. Growing number of elderly population in low middle income countries (LMIC) such as Indonesia was among the highest in the world. ![]()
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