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Abstract. Increased population density in developing countries, especially Indonesia, so that the mortality rate in children under five due to pneumonia is increasing. The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of pneumonia patients in under-fives who were hospitalized at Al-Islam Hospital, Bandung City for the period of January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. This study was a descriptive study using the Total Sampling technique. Data collection is taken from the hospital medical record data. The research subjects were children aged 0-5 years who were diagnosed with pneumonia and hospitalized at Al-Islam Hospital, Bandung City, with a total subject of 291 people. From the results of the study, there were 228 people who met the inclusion criteria, the most were boys, 139 cases (61%), mild pneumonia 212 patients (93%) and severe pneumonia as many as 16 patients (7%), the highest at age group> 1 year as many as 135 (59.2%), fever experienced by 228 patients (100%), laboratory tests and chest X-ray as much as 228 (100%), cyanosis and retraction in severe pneumonia 6 cases (2.6%) and 16 cases (7%), 129 cases of leukocytosis (56.6%). From the results of this study, it can be concluded that there are several characteristics after the journals that have been previously studied, such as pneumonia cases in children under five most often in boys, the most common clinical symptoms are fever, severe pneumonia, symptoms that appear are cyanosis and retraction , and the average length of stay is 4 days. Keywords: Childern Under Five, Description Of The Characterisctic, PneumoniaAbstrak. Meningkatnya kepadatan penduduk di negara berkembang khususnya Indonesia, sehingga angka kematian pada anak balita akibat pneumonia semakin bertambah. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui gambaran karakteristik pasien pneumonia pada balita yang dirawat inap di RS Al-Islam Kota Bandung periode 1 Januari 2017 sampai 31 Desember 2017. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian studi deskriptif dengan menggunakan teknik Total Sampling. Pengumpulan data diambil dari data rekam medik Rumah Sakit. Subjek penelitian adalah anak balita usia 0-5 tahun yang di diagnosis pneumonia dan dirawat inap di RS Al-Islam Kota Bandung, dengan jumlah subjek penelitian sebanyak 291 orang. Dari hasil penelitian didapatkan data yang memenuhi kriteria inklusi berjumlah 228 orang, terbanyak pada anak laki-laki yaitu 139 kasus (61%), pneumonia ringan sebanyak 212 penderita (93%) dan pneumonia berat sebanyak 16 penderita (7%), paling tinggi pada kelompok usia > 1 tahun yaitu sebanyak 135 (59.2%), demam yang dialami oleh 228 penderita (100%), pemeriksaan laboratorium dan rontgen toraks sebanyak 228 (100%), sianosis dan retraksi pada pneumonia berat 6 kasus (2,6%) dan 16 kasus (7%), leukositosis sebanyak 129 kasus (56,6%). Dari hasil penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada beberapa karakteristik yang seusai dengan jurnal yang sebelumnya telah diteliti, seperti kasus pneumonia pada anak balita paling sering terjadi pada anak laki-laki, gejala klinis yang tersering adalah demam, pneumonia berat gejala yang muncul adalah sianosis dan retraksi, serta rerata lama rawat inap adalah 4 hari. Kata kunci: Anak Balita, Gambaran Karakteristik, Pneumonia