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    SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OK DISEASE INCIDENCES AND DISTRIBUTION IN KEKFI METROPOLIS, NASARAWA STATE - NIGERIA
    (Department of Geography, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2010-08-10) Abubakar, Mahmud; Adamu, Yusuf Muhammad; Sangari, Dalhatu Umaru
    The issues of disease incidences and distribution in different areas of the worUl are still an important health problem. The study uses over 4, 000 diagnosed clinical cases collected from four hospitals in Keffi. The diseases were found to be endemic in Lngwar Rimi, Goriya. Iva 2 and l.imabaji cones all within the central areas predominantly in poorly inaccessible and overcrowded residential neighborhoods with deteriorated and deteriorating housing. A ranking of the diseases shows that Malaria has the highest frequency, followed by Measles. Whooping Cough, Hepatitis, Typhoid Fever, Amoebic Dysentery. Acute Diarrhea. Cholera. Encephalitis, Helminthiasis and finally Gastroenteritis respectively. The spatial patterns of the diseases observed indicate that: inadequate opening/windows: closeness of the residential buildings to pollution sources; inaccessibility of the residential areas, the type of medication as well as unhygienic qualities of the housing environment were the significant predictors to the incidence of the diseases in Keffi. The study therefore concluded that higher incidence that may occur can be prevented only if advance information on impending bad housing environment is available and quick response by a way of controlling measure is put in place.