Project Justification and Scope
Influenza is a type of infection where the virus generally attacks the general respiratory organs of a human being. The major organs of the body affected are the nose, throat and to some extent the lungs. The major symptoms that are observed during the virus infection are c=the common flu.
Now, Australia has a long of history of influenza virus affecting the general population of Australia to a great extent. There had been a huge blow delivered by the influenza virus on the Australian population (Www1.health.gov.au, 2019). The report has been used here for the analysis of the spread of the influenza virus in the different sectors of the Australian continent. The report includes the background of the data, the analysis of the data and the conclusion of the analysis.
The data has been collected from the department of health of Australia. The data compiles the Australian Influenza Surveillance Report and Activity Updates from a number of data sources. Further details of the data sources can be available from the department of health of Australia (Www1.health.gov.au, 2019). The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System has been collecting this data from around the year 2008, January, the data compiled consists data up till 2017, December. The data represents only a portion of the total case occurring from all over of the country. The case taken into consideration from this data set are the ones which are registered into the healthcare system and the one on which the diagnosis have been conducted into. The under representation of the cases for this virus also depend on the testing policies and the jurisdiction under which the collection of the data was done.
The data involves the aim to increase the awareness of the influenza activity in Australia with help of the different type of analysis conducted throughout of Australia (Www1.health.gov.au, 2019). The impact and the need for the vaccination among the different type of group of the Australian population has been reported here by the analysis provided in this report. The major focus has been included for the indigenous status of the mass population of Australia. Additionally, the age group and the gender analysis of the affected people in the country has been included in the analysis included in this report.
For the analysis of the data tableau have been used. The data is at first cleaned up and filters have been arranged in the tool. The filtration have been performed as per the required analysis of the data. For the first analysis number of affected people have been plotted as per the indigenous status. In the second analysis, the number of affected people has been again plotted as per the type of virus, additionally, the segregation has been also done for indigenous peoples. The table provided in analysis 3 includes the distribution of the age groups from 0-4 years, 5-9 years and so on up till 85+ years of age. The effect of the virus has been plotted in this analysis graph. The fourth analysis had been conducted on the gender group. The distribution of the gender group has been done as per male, female, unknown and x. In the fifth analysis, state wise segregations have been done. The states have been plotted as per the y axis and the segregation have been done as per the indigenous status of the people. The last analysis have been performed on the map of Australia and the geographical distributions of the viruses have been plotted in the graph.
Data Dictionary
Before conducting the analysis provided above the distinction of the different type of Indigenous status for the people of Australia has been done. There were various people who were unavailable during the data collection procedure. Hence, do data could be collected from these section of the people and the no available group has been hence created. There are people in addition to this, who prevented the data collectors from exposing their indigenous status and hence has been categorized as the unknown category. The indigenous people are mainly the Torres Strait Islander and the aboriginal people of the Australia that had descended from the group of people that existed in Australia before the arrival of the Europeans in the continent. They are original inhabitant of Australia and these people together have been grouped as the indigenous status group. The median age of the non-indigenous people of the country have been considered as 38 whereas the median age of the indigenous people is around 23. These people have been categories in the non-indigenous people. The graph provided above provides the details of the distribution of the people affected by the influenza virus and the indigenous status of the affected group has been further divided into each year. The results provide a complete reading from the year 2008 to the year 2017. As per the provided graph it can be easily seen that the year 2017 has seen the most number of people affected by the virus, and the data almost exceed the 250K mark. In addition to this, it can also be seen that the affected people mostly are neither indigenous nor non-indigenous. In addition to this, it can be seen that the non-indigenous people have also been affected to a great extent. Hence, the overall inference is that the analysis result into stating that there had been chronic influenza that had struck the country.
The analysis provided above have again been categories the people of Australia into different type of categories such as Indigenous status group, non-indigenous status group, not available group and the unknown group. The types and the sub types of the viruses has been considered for the analysis developed above are stated below:
A and B: The influenza virus type generally affects the animals and the birds but however, this type also affects the humans to a great extent.
A (H1N1): The H1N1 group was identified in and around the year 2009. These viruses generally affect the pigs and the people who come in contact with these pigs. Hence, the name swine flu has been derived.
Analysis Plan
A (H1N1) pdm09: These type of virus is very high and the fatality rate is higher among the youngsters. This later came to be known as the pandemic virus.
A (H3N2): The H2N3 group was identified in and around the year 2009. These viruses generally affect the Birds and the people who come in contact with these birds. Hence, the name bird flu has been derived.
A (un subtyped): This group consists of the un sub typed group of the A type influenza virus.
B: The type Influenza virus generally infects the human being however causes less harmful repercussions in the human beings. But there are some incidents where the count of the severity has been very high.
C: This is the least severe of the three type of the influenza viruses identified and rare harm the human beings.
Un Typed: The un typed group consists of the general flu and the un categories Type C and B.
Now for the analysis the different type and sub type considered above and the analysis results in the A type being mostly occurring virus and is one of the most chronic ones. In addition to this, the B type also is a widespread virus that generally affects the people of Australia. And again the continuity for analysis 1 is maintained that the not available group is the most affected ones followed by the non-indigenous group.
The analysis conducted above consists of the spread of the virus among the different type age groups of the people of Australia and the spread of the type of virus to each of the age group. The categorization of the age has been done of 5 years’ interval period. The table provides the distribution of the age groups from 0-4 years, 5-9 years and so on up till 85+ years of age. The total number of data recording taken into consideration is 39,360. It can have been easily seen from the analysis conducted that the A un typed virus is common among the 0-4 age group and it is highly severe among this age group. In addition to this, the B type more prominent in the age group 5-10 and it can be hence, inferred that the A type is more predominant in the 0-4 age group and the B type is more predominant in the age group of 5-10. In addition to this, The B group is also predominant on the age group of 0-4. Hence, it can be inferred that the age group 0-10 is highly susceptible to this disease. The factors and the age group have almost equal spread of the disease among them and hence, it children should be kept vaccinated almost from birth for the influenza type viruses.
Background of the Data
The analysis further conducted has been done to provide the gender distribution for the affected population and their genders which has been affected with the viruses. The unknown group be the ones who have kept their gender discreet and x being taking into account all the other gender groups. Again for the analysis type of viruses have been considered who are affecting the gender groups that have been taken into account for the analysis. As per the analysis it can be seen that A is type that is affecting the most number of people. This can be seen as a continuation of the previous analysis and the data hence has been maintained efficiently. And as per the previous analysis the type B is the second most widespread virus that has been affecting the people of Australia. In addition to this, it can also be seen that the Female gender is more affected by the A type viruses and the difference is almost as much as 50K in between the male and the female populations. In addition to this, the B type affects the male and female population in almost as equal basis and hence, it can be easily inferred from the analysis that the A type is predominant in the female species and hence, the women of Australia are to kept safe from the virus.
The analysis performed above the same legend as performed in the previous analysis. This analysis is concerned with the spread of the disease in the sub-continent and the areas of the sub-continent that the virus has spread to. The major states that have been considered here for the analysis of the spread of the disease are NSW or the New South Wales, NT or Qld or Queensland, Sa or South Australia, Tas or Tasmania, Vic or Victoria and WA or Western Australia. The group of people that in habitat these areas are indigenous, non-indigenous, not available and unknown groups. The analysis had been carried out and as an outcome it has been seen that NSW is the highest casualty facing state of Australia and they are followed by the state of Queensland and the state of Victoria. In addition to this, it can be seen that the northern Territory and Tasmania are the states having the least casualties in this context. Additionally, the graph shows that most type of people who are affected with the spread of virus. It shows that areas where the non-indigenous people are most chronic and the indigenous areas such as Tasmania and Northern Territory are very leas affected.
The Analysis map provided above shows that spread of the Viruses geographically. The map of Australia has been considered in this instance. The main legend considered for this case in the analysis are the type of viruses. As per the performed analysis it can be very easily seen the spread of virus throughout the region is mostly same and the A (H1N1) pdm09 virus is one that is spread throughout of Australia. The grey areas represent the areas that have been affected by the B type viruses as well.
Conclusion
For conclusion, it can be said that the analysis carried out in this report can be used effectively to understand the spread of infections throughout the whole of Australia. The population has been divided into different type of categories to dissect the spread of the virus. As per the conducted analysis the type and sub types considered has been A, B, C and different sub types of A, among which the A (H1N1) pdm09 virus have been found to be most widespread and fatal in Australia. In addition to this, several other factors such as age groups and gender has also been considered for analysis. After dissection of the data it has been found that the most affected groups are non-indigenous people, children of group 0-10 years of age and majorly the female population of the country. The analysis also highlights the spread of the disease in the year 2017 and it is advisable for the country that they should monitor the new born and vaccinate them as soon as possible.
References
Www1.health.gov.au. (2019). Department of Health | Australian Influenza Surveillance Report and Activity Updates. [online] Available at: https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-surveil-ozflu-flucurr.htm?Open=&utm_source=health.gov.au&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=digital_transformation&utm_content=flureport [Accessed 31 Oct. 2019].
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