EFFECT OF WEATHER ON THE OCCURRENCE OF SOME COMMON DISEASES IN ZARIA.
EFFECT OF WEATHER ON THE OCCURRENCE OF SOME COMMON DISEASES IN ZARIA.
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2011-06
Authors
OSADARE, RUTH OLUWATOYIN
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Abstract
Medical and Meteorological data for ten years were used to study
the effect of weather on the occurrence of some common diseases such as
malaria, typhoid, meningitis, measles, pneumonia, diarrhea and asthma in
Zaria. The results show that malaria is the most rampant having the highest
number of occurrence in all the hospitals. Typhoid occurred throughout the
year but higher during the rainy season in some hospitals. Measles and
meningitis were more common during the hot periods. Asthma, pneumonia
and diarrhea did not show seasonal pattern of occurrence. Analysis show
that the diseases have significant relationship with some of the
meteorological elements but these correlations vary in strength. Malaria,
typhoid, measles, asthma and diarrhea had a very strong correlation with
relative humidity. Meningitis and asthma had strong correlation with
temperature. While only asthma had a strong correlation with rainfall. With
this it was easier to identify the weather element that influences the
frequency of occurrence of a particular disease more than the others
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
FOR THE AWARD OF M.Sc GEOGRAPHY, DEPARTMENT OF
GEOGRAPHY, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
JUNE, 2011
Keywords
WEATHER,, OCCURRENCE,, COMMON DISEASES