Monday, January 28, 2013

IS THIS DATA REALISTIC?


This is a scanned copy of the prevalence of water borne diseases in Njia Panda,Himo,Kilimanjaro.
In regard to the low sanitation standards in poor countries one would expect the prevalence of water borne diseases to be above zero on the average. The data I have here however, presents something I did not expect. Could it be that it is unrealistic especially as regards the steep value of Diarrhea in comparison to dysentery and typhoid, how can you have diarrhea cases in the thousands on one hand and then have zero cases of typhoid and dysentery on the other all in the same settlement for three years continuosly? while logically all the diseases in question have more or less the same causatives.
For your information this is official government document.



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