Occurrence ofNatural Hazards and Outbreakof Epidemic: A Statistical Serutiny

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Abstract

Present paper delves the impact of natural hazards upon outbreak of epidemics in India. A statisticalmethodology is adopted to correlate the occurrence of natural hazards with the outbreak of epidemic. Theexperimentation setup consists of correlation and regression analysis and random walk approach. After a rigorousstudy, flood is identified as the most responsible natural hazard for the outbreak of epidemic.

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Natural hazards, epidemic, statistical methodology, random walk, correlation, regression

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