Health and Sanitation > Strategic Plan > CHSIP 2013-2017 > SECTION 2:SITUATION ANALYSIS > Health Status of Elgeyo Marakwet County

The major risk factors associated with the mortality and morbidity in the population are the low-income type of housing with poor ventilation in the unfavorable climatic conditions; poor hygiene and sanitation, alcohol consumption, unsafe sex and sedentary lifestyle. Table 5 gives more details on the various risk factors to health in the county.

Risk factors causing mortality		Risk fictors causing morbidity
1	Poor heusing in unfavorable climatiu Conditions	Poor housing and inadequate ventil tion ia unfavotable climatic conditions
2	Unsafeiwater, saoitation & hygiene	Unsafe water, sanitation & poor hygiene
3	Poor Vector control	Alcohol abuse
4	Unsafe sex	Natural Disasters
5	Unhealthy lifestyles / Poor eating habits	Poor maternal and child nntrntion
6	Zinc deficiency	Poor road network, unsafe practices
7	Vitamin Afdeficiency	Poor eating habits
8	Poor indoor air circulation	Poor health seeking behavior
9	Careless driving	Vitamin A deficiency
10	Poor lifestyle Unsafe water Poor sanitanion	Zinc deficiency FGM Careless driving

Table 5: Risk factors causisg mortality and morbtdity

With increased adoption of modern sedentary lifestyle non communicable conditions are on the rise. Also on the rise are road traffic accidents and the number of people on substance abuse. Disasters like landslides have also negatively impacted on health especially in Marakwet East and Keiyo South.

2.2.2 Major Health Risk Factors

2.2.2 Major Health Risk Factors