GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE GROWTH DISTRIBUTION OF TYPHOID FEVER CASES IN LAGOS STATE

(A Case Study of All General Hospitals in Each Local Government Area of Lagos State)
Omogunloye O.G.1, Oladiboye O.E2, Qaadri J.A.3 and Omogunloye H.B4
1Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics, University of Lagos, Lagos
2Department of Surveying and Geo-informatics, Yaba Tech, Lagos
3Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics, Federal School of Surveying, Oyo, Oyo State
4Department of English Language, University of Lagos, Lagos
E-mail: gabolushohan@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
The fundamental objective of this project is focused on the application
of GIS in the analysis of the growth distribution of typhoid fever cases
in Lagos state using the general hospitals in the state as case study.
The study highlights the need for GIS as a tool for analysis and
decision making as well as an information management vehicle with rich
potential for the healthcare industry. It also highlights GIS analysis or
display of environmental health data in explaining disease patterns in
terms of relationships with social, institutional, technological and
natural environments. The development of the GIS attribute database
in the arc-view GIS environment was achieved with structured data
sets of typhoid fever cases acquired from the records offices of the
various general hospitals in Lagos state. The spatial locations of the
general hospitals were obtained with a GPS receiver and a digitized map
of Lagos state showing Local Government Areas in the state was also
applied in the analysis; thus, specifying GIS as a link between maps and
databases. Finally, analysis were drawn on queries performed using
query facility in the arc-view GIS environment on the created
structured GIS database of the general hospitals in order to obtain
comprehensive results and achieve the objectives of the study.