II. Material and Methods Study Sites
The data is collected from all government health facilities in Sampang regency, which consists of 21 pusat kesehatan masyarakat( Community health centers) and 1 government hospital( Sampang General Hospital).
Study Design
The study was conducted with retrospective observational study design. This community based descriptive study was conducted in the identified localities during the period of January 2012 to May 2016. Data were retrieved from Health Service of Sampang Regency. These data were collected per months and two specific parameters were investigated, which is the number of DF incidence and death case caused by dengue infection.
Data regarding the climate and geographical characteristics were retrieved from id. climatedata. org, Badan Pusat Statistik( Statistics Indonesia), and Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika( Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics)
Statistical analysis
The data was analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2016 and was presented in figures, charts, and tables. Descriptive analysis were made based on data and to answer the main problem in this study.
III. Results a. Monthly Cumulative DF Incidence and Death Case Pattern
Figure 2. Monthly Cumulative DF Incidence and Death Case Pattern
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Total of DF incidence and death case for each month from January 2012 – December 2015 is graphed above. This graph is important to show crude pattern in DF incidence and death case.
From the graph above we can infer the trend of incidence for each month. DF Incidence peaked at January and gradually decline reaching its bottom on September. Afterwards, the incidence slightly rises until December and shoots up on January. Death Rate peaked on February and gradually decline. Reaching another high on November and then dropped again on December.
b. Yearly Cumulative DF Incidence and Death Case