Unnes Journal of Public Health
Vol 12 No 2 (2023): Unnes Journal of Public Health

Distribution Of Covid-19 Based on Location Quotient (LQ) in Batang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia

Heni Isniyati (Universitas Negeri Semarang)
Eram Tunggul Pawenang (Unknown)
Mustafa Daru Affandi (Unknown)
Yanesti Nuravianda Lestari (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jul 2023

Abstract

The distribution of Covid-19 cases in the Batang regency increased to 9,924 confirmed cases from its first identification on April 4, 2020, until December 2021. The potential distribution of Covid-19 instances in 2020 and 2021 is in low land near the regency's main road access. This study aims to analyze the potential distribution of Covid-19 in an area based on environmental characteristics by a spatial approach based on location quotient (LQ) in the Batang regency for 2 consecutive years. The type of research is descriptive with a spatial explanatory design with a sample were 248 villages in the Batang regency. The results showed that 248 villages were confirmed to have Covid-19 with a very high potential distribution (LQ> 1.2) were 53 (21.4%) villages, the high potential distribution (1.05<LQ< 1.2) were 20 (8,1%) villages, the average potential distribution (0.95<LQ< 1.05) were 12 (4,8%) villages, the low potential distribution (0.80<LQ< 0.95) were 25 (10,1%) villages, and shallow potential distribution (0<LQ< 0.8) were 138 (55,6%) villages. Moran’s index showed that the pattern of Covid-19 has a significant spatial correlation with p-value < 0.01 and Z-score > 2.58 in both 2020 and 2021 with the distribution pattern forming a cluster.

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ujph

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Public Health

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Unnes Journal of Public Health (UJPH) is an open access and peer-reviewed journal. It publishes original papers and short reports on all aspects of the science, philosophy, and practice of public health. ...