The Spatial Pattern of the Incidence of Cancer Diseases in Basra Governorate, Southern Iraq (For the Period of 2001-2010)

I. AL-HASSEN, SHUKRI; S. AL-KAABI, AMAAL

	The Spatial Pattern of the Incidence of Cancer Diseases in Basra Governorate, Southern Iraq (For the Period of 2001-2010)
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Article 9, Volume 9, Issue 67, 2013, Pages 219-240 PDF (0 K)
Authors
SHUKRI I. AL-HASSEN; AMAAL S. AL-KAABI
Abstract
The present study aims to quantitatively analyzing for the spatial pattern of the incidence of cancer diseases in Basra province, southern Iraq, for the period of 2001-2010. The unpublished data on cancer incidences registered from documentary state departments. The obtained data was unsorted, it has processing based on a variety of computer and statistic software to be classified and organized in accordance with the study objectives. The results have represented in the forms of tables, graphics, and maps. This study concluded that there is a significant spatial variability in numbers of cancer patients throughout the study area. The resulting spatial pattern, however, is not obviously distinct in the terms of parameters such as disease type, incidence extension, and gender & age category of patients. Nonetheless, there is a tendency towards concentration of cancer incidence at the urban areas with highly populated, among the female patients more than those male, and within the older age categories. Despite there is a proportional correlation between a number of population and cancer patients, some exceptions involves in the structure of spatial pattern. This is means that an external influence, like environmental pollution, may plays a role in increase of cancer incidences at given places
Keywords
The Spatial Pattern of the Incidence of Cancer Diseases; in Basra Governorate; Southern Iraq; For the Period of

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