Effects of Climate on Malaria and Typhoid Fever in Ilorin, Nigeria
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2011-04-05
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Published by Department of Geography & Environmental Management, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
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Climate plays an important role in the propagation of diseases. Indeed, diseases of various types vary in prominence from one climatic belt to the other. This research examines the effect of climate on human health in Ilorin , Kwara State. The data used for this work were mainly from secondary sources. They were maximum and minimum temperature, rainfall, sunshine, wind speed and relative humidity. These were collected from Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) office, Ilorin international airport. Data on diseases types and casualties were collected from the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin. Both Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used for data analysis. The descriptive method used were mean, standard deviation, variance range and coefficient of variation. the inferential method include Principal component Analysis, Multiple correlation and regression Analysis in addition to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results of the Multiple correlation showed that all the diseases types and their cases of casualties were strongly associated with one climatic variable or the other as the results of the multiple regression showed that climatic variables were strong predictors of diseases in Ilorin. The results of the Factor Analysis further suggested the prominent causes of diseases are mostly temperature and moisture variables.
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Climate, Diseases, Effect, Malaria, Typhoid fever, Nigeria