Examining The Occurence Of Various Diseases,infant And Maternal Deaths In Homabay County
Abstract
There are various diseases affecting the residents of Homabay County. The
infant and maternal deaths have been observed over a period of years. The
general objective was to determine the occurrence of various diseases, infants
and maternal deaths in Homa Bay County. Raw data was given to facilitate the
project. Data analysis was done using R and was mainly descriptive. Correlation
between variables was obtained. Various charts were also illustrated. According
to the data, the occurrence of various, infant and maternal deaths were found to
be distributed over the four years under study. Malaria cases were the highest
while yellow fever case was only one. It was also noticed that not many pregnant
women attend scheduled antenatal care. Maternal deaths have increased in 2017
as compared to 2014.