Spatial analysis of cancer incidence in Basrah Governorate For the duration (2011-2020)

Abstract

The subject of the current study aims at a quantitative analysis of the spatial distribution of the spread of cancer diseases in Basra Governorate for the period 2011-2020 based on unpublished data of injuries registers in the Basra Health Department ,the Office of the Director General ,Cancer Control Division .

Thedata is processed according to some different quantitative statistical equations ,when they soft-hearted and classified to suit the objectives of the study The results are presented in the form of parameters which are quite in view of the variants of the type of disease .As well as ,it becomes clear that the spatial behavior of cancer disease infection takes a uniform or similar pattern and varies depending on the different types of disease and this is due to variables related to the location that will affect the behavior of the disease and the pattern of its geographical distribution ,breast cancer recorded the highest total of (1957)injury followed by Leukemia (1940) injury then lung cancer (1203) injury and then bladder cancer (1119) injury, it turns out that the cancer diseases under study spread in all administrative units of the study area . In general, cancer diseases in Basra governorate tend to be concentrated in the main urban environments and with different spatial concentrations ,such as Basrah, Al-Hartha, Abu Al-khasib, Al-Deir and Al-Qurna, districts will be affected by the highest spatial values, and the discrepancy of digital data is related to the nature of reviews of health institutions that document the place of injury and a number of elements and indicators that help  in the emergence of these diseases, foremost environmental pollution and a person's special predisposition to increase the incidence of cancer in certain specific locations in the study area .