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Background: Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS) is a severe manifestation of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and affects more children and young adults. The age of susceptible to DHF is 5-15 years, due to an imperfect immune system. DHF patients with manifestations of DSS have propensity can affect the platelet and hematocrit values as an initial laboratory parameter. Objective: This study was intended to find out the most effective hematocrit blood parameters and to find the relationship between hematocrit on the incidence of DHF in Wirosaban City Hospital Yogyakarta in the period March 2015 to July 2016. The data used were secondary data from medical records of pediatric patients age 5-15 years. Material and Methods: The research method used was to determine the correlation between hematocrit value on the incidence of DHF in children. Data analysis used chi-square to determine the relationship between hematocrit value on the incidence of DHF in children. Results and Discussion: In this study, the number of samples that fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria there were 77 met the criteria. The results of the chi-square test analysis on hematocrit examination obtained p >0.05, which means that there was no significant relationship between hematocrit values and the incidence of DHF and obtained r = 0.277. Conclusion: In this study hematocrit cannot be as early blood parameters to detect DHF in children aged 5-14 years old.