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This paper attempted to develop a Residents’ Satisfaction-oriented Disaster Prevention Index (RSDPI) for infectious diseases and suggest a policy direction for balanced growth based on the results. To do so, the disaster prevention indices were set based on the prior studies and their effects on regional safety satisfaction were statistically estimated. The results showed that, in the case of infectious diseases, the residents’ safety satisfaction was influenced by the number of deaths from infectious diseases, public transportation users, elderly people, children, health education, and health professionals. Based on the aforementioned indices, chosen as the RSDPIs, 17 provinces in South Korea were divided into 5 types. Finally, the disaster prevention policies by regional type were provided to improve the regional own disaster prevention capability, and therefore, to achieve national balanced growth in terms of disaster safety.