Universal Journal of Public Health Vol. 9(4), pp. 188 - 193
DOI: 10.13189/ujph.2021.090404
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Disease Mapping of Pertussis in Malaysia

Zakiyah Zain ^1,2,*, Nazrina Aziz ^1,2, Lim Jia Qian ¹, Goi Jia Shun ^1
1 Department of Mathematics & Statistics, School of Quantitative Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
² Institute of Strategic Industrial Decision Modelling (ISIDM), Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

ABSTRACT

The pertussis disease, which is termed as the "100-day cough", the incidences of which has dramatically increased over the years. This article reports the number of pertussis patients in all of the states in Malaysia from the year 2011 to the year 2018 and relative risk estimation for all of the states in 2018. Disease mapping is used in this article to visualize the risk area in Malaysia. The relative risk for every state in Malaysia is estimated using the standardized morbidity ratio (SMR) and a disease map is created using the ARCGIS software to demonstrate the relative risk of pertussis disease for every state more clearly. From the result, Johor is shown to be the lowest-risk area while Terengganu and Kedah are shown to be the highest-risk areas of the pertussis disease. Based on the map, the implementation of actions for controlling the disease is needed for the areas with very high risk of pertussis disease.

KEYWORDS
Pertussis, Disease Mapping, Standardized Morbidity Ratio, Relative Risk Estimation, 100-Day Cough

Cite This Paper in IEEE or APA Citation Styles
(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Zakiyah Zain , Nazrina Aziz , Lim Jia Qian , Goi Jia Shun , "Disease Mapping of Pertussis in Malaysia," Universal Journal of Public Health, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 188 - 193, 2021. DOI: 10.13189/ujph.2021.090404.

(b). APA Format:
Zakiyah Zain , Nazrina Aziz , Lim Jia Qian , Goi Jia Shun (2021). Disease Mapping of Pertussis in Malaysia. Universal Journal of Public Health, 9(4), 188 - 193. DOI: 10.13189/ujph.2021.090404.