Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

CLIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MALARIA EVENTS IN PESISIR SELATAN, WEST SUMATERA (ECOLOGICAL STUDY)

Masrizal, Angga Febryan and Arbimes

Abstract

Malaria is one of the infectious diseases that are very dangerous and cause death. From year to year, there are the increased in cases of malaria in Pesisir Selatan, West Sumatra Province. One of the factors associated with malaria is the climate. This study aimed to analyze the elements of the climate with the incidence of malaria in the Pesisir Selatan District. An ecological study was conducted in the Pesisir Selatan. The sample in this study were all malaria cases recorded in monthly reports of the Pesisir Selatan Health Office. Analysis of data uses correlation analysis. The results showed an average malaria cases in Pesisir Selatan is 78.07. The average temperature of 27.46 ° C, the average rainfall of 204.48 mm, average humidity is 75.13%, and the average wind speed of 3.23 knots. The results of the analysis of malaria cases by climatic elements such as temperature (r = - 0.017) (p = 0.787), rainfall (r = - 0.14) (p = 0.024), humidity (r = - 0.03) (p = 0.743), wind speed (r = - 0.076) (p = 0.231). In this study, it can be concluded that, temperature, humidity and wind speed does not have a significant relationship with the prevalence of malaria in Pesisir Selatan in 2004 - 2013, but rainfall has a significant relationship with the prevalence of malaria in the negative direction.