This paper presents an analysis of the secondary data that were obtained from the
Sabah General Hospital. A patient, who comes to hospital, will be asked to fill out a
special form before the actual medical check-up. The form requires some information
such as the patient age, area of origin, parent’s smoking background, parent’s medical
background (if known), patient medical background (if known) etc. Recent research
has found that analytical research relies heavily on secondary data in terms of model
construction and estimation. This study analysed the patient profile data that were
collected for a 6-month period, from June 2010 to December 2010. Due to highly
confidential data, a total number of 102 patients’ profile data were allowed to be
shared. Therefore, the findings of this study were based on a sample size of 102
patients.
Figure 1 shows the number of patients who visited Sabah General Hospital from June
2010 to December 2010. The data show the number of patients who visited the Sabah
General Hospital because of pneumonia. The diagram shows the highest number of
patients who visited the hospital was in October. This is because October is
categorized as part of the monsoon season. The weather is cold and clammy;
therefore it could also lead to an increment of children suffering from pneumonia.