3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics of Diarrhoea Disease and Climatic Variables
Table 1 reflects the number of diarrhoeal cases, incidence rates and temperature ranges combined
and over the two separate periods of seven months (November 2012–May 2013 represented by period
one and November 2013–May 2014 represented by period 2) in the CTMA. Overall, 58,617 cases of
children under the age of five were seen during the study periods. The incidence rates and temperatures
means and ranges were similar for the two periods that include the summer months. Data for the
winter months are not included, but diarrhoea incidence is much lower in those months and the
downward trend towards the winter months is visible in Figure 1.