APPLICATION OF ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE ON THE CAUSE SPECIFIC DEATH RATE DUE TO CASES OF COVID-19

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a fatal illness with traits similar to those of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), first identified in Nigeria by NCDC on February 29, 2020. In March 2020, Nigeria was put under lockdown to stop the disease's spread. By August 2020, the lockdown had been lifted, allowing all activities to resume normally. Descriptive and analytical research design was used. The information was obtained from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control's website by state. The information includes the number of cases that have been confirmed in laboratories, the number of deaths, and the mid-year population as of March 21st 2022. By geopolitical region, the data were organized into homogeneous strata, and the research used an epidemiological tool, analysis of variance, and graphical depiction. The analysis was carried out using EPI-Infov7 and SPSSv25. Prevalence and the death rate by cause were the epidemiological characteristics that were used. The findings showed that there were 119 infected people per 100,000 people at risk during the pandemic. The CSDR of COVID 19 in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria showed no significant difference (F-statistic = 1.509, p-value > 0.05).There is no significant difference in the means of CSDR of COVID19 of the six regions. The graphical representation showed that south-west has the highest mortality rate due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Then recommended that there should be more health education intervention in the region like south-west where there is highest record of mortality rate due to pandemic disease.