SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF CHOLERA IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF CHOLERA IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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2018-02
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BELLO, Zubaidah Yakubu
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The focus of this research is to analyze the spatial patterns and clusters of cholera epidemic in
five local government areas(LGAs) of Kaduna State with the aid of Geospatial techniques. To
analyze the spatial pattern and clusters of cholera epidemic in the study area, inventories
provided by the Ministry of Health Kaduna State, coordinate of the locations of towns and
localities were used for the analysis in ArcGIS 10.3 software environment and R Statistical
software. The method employed in this study is Ripley‟s k-function method to determine spatial
clusters of Cholera epidemic, analyzespatial pattern of cholera, identify disease clusters and risks
using Geospatial Technology (GIS). The result shows that thereare about I87 locations of
patients with Cholera disease cases in the study area from the year 2010 to 2015. Amongst the
study area, Zaria Local Government Area, has the highest number of about 71 locations which
constitutes about 37.97%, Igabi Local Government with 53 locations constituting about 28.34%,
SabonGari Local Government with 19 locations constituting about 10.16%, Kaduna South Local
Government having 28 locations constituting 14.97%, and Kaduna North with the lowest
locations of about 16 patients (8.56%). It was found that there were about 1,363 reported cases
of people with Cholera disease in Igabi LGA, being the area with the highest number and with
217 cases in Zaria which is the lowest. The result showed that four among the five local
governmentswere clustered with the exception of Kaduna North for which the disease pattern is
random. Moreover, the result revealed that the overall spatial pattern of cholera epidemic in the
study area is clustered, and the overall cholera disease risk was more concentrated in Igabi and
Kaduna South LGA.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN STATISTICS
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS,
FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA
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SPATIAL ANALYSIS,, CHOLERA,, KADUNA STATE,, NIGERIA