Table 7.
Association between land use and leptospirosis incidence in the pre- and postflood periods
| Leptospirosis cases according to land use | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |||
| Factors | n (%) | n (%) | χ2 (df) | P value |
| Land use | ||||
| Animal husbandary areas | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 7.137 (9)* | 0.623 |
| Forest land | 12 (3.4) | 16 (2.2) | – | – |
| Horticultural lands | 130 (36.4) | 285 (39.3) | – | – |
| Idle grassland | 6 (1.7) | 24 (3.3) | – | – |
| Others | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | – | – |
| Short-term crops | 31 (8.7) | 76 (10.5) | – | – |
| Swamps, marshland and wetland forest | 2 (0.6) | 3 (0.4) | – | – |
| Tree, palm, and other permanent crops | 88 (24.6) | 167 (23.0) | – | – |
| Urban, settlements and associated non agricultural area | 83 (23.0) | 141 (19.4) | – | – |
| Water body | 5 (1.4) | 10 (1.4) | – | – |
| Total | 357 (100.0) | 725 (100.0) | – | – |
*
χ2 test with Yates Correction.