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