EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN DIYALA IN 2023

Abeer Younus Mohammed*

ABSTRACT

A communicable disease is one that can be transmitted from one human, or animals. They are the product of infections like viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa. Communicable diseases can lead to epidemics and pandemics, posing major health and socioeconomic risks. current study included 1745 patients, suffering from diseases Meningitis 1164(67%), Measles 377(22%) viral hepatitis 110(6%), Whooping cough 82 (5%) Cholera 12 (0.7%) in varying proportions, as the results show that males recorded the highest rates of infection with meningitis (61%), hepatitis. (63%), and whooping cough (68%) compared to females (39%, 37%, and 32%) with statistically significant differences (p<0.05). that individuals in the age groups 1-10 and 11-20 years recorded the highest percentages of patients with meningitis (62% and 18%), measles (69% and 11%), and hepatitis (71% and 20%)., whooping cough (68% and 32%), and cholera (33% and 33%) compared to other age groups with highly significant differences (p<0.05). The infected patients who live in Baqubah city and its suburbs showed the highest percentage of communicable diseases, meningitis and measles infection recorded the highest percentage, which was (56%) 657 and (54%) 205, respectively. Then comes the Khalis region (23%) 272 (28%) 104 and then Al-Muqdadiyah (12%) 136, (14%) 54, while the results of the study in the Khanaqin district showed a higher rate of infection with meningitis and viral hepatitis than the rate of infection in the rest of the regions. Transmissible diseases (9%) 99, (17%) 19. The differences between areas of residence and communicable diseases were significant (p<0.05).

Keywords: Communicable Disease, Infectious Disease, Bacteria, Virus, Transmission Disease.