MSc (Med), Population-Based Field Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 2009 / Background: Cluster detection analysis could be an appropriate approach to identify critical
AIDS mortality locations for public health intervention.
Methods: GIS and Kulldorff’s spatial scan statistic was used to investigate statistically significant
AIDS mortality clusters (p 0.05). SaTScan was used to perform the spatial analysis
scanning while MapInfo was used as a visualizing tool. Mortality data between 2000-
2006 were analyzed.
Results: AIDS exhibit strong spatial clustering tendencies as measured by the Kulldorff’s
spatial scan statistic method.
Conclusion: Further work is needed to understand the underlying mechanisms responsible
for the spatial clustering.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/8005 |
| Date | 16 April 2010 |
| Creators | Namosha, Elias E |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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