Role of cartographic method in the territorial-nosological analysis (on the example of the series of medical-geographical maps of Sumy region)
Journal Title: Проблеми безперервної географічної освіти і картографії - Year 2016, Vol 24, Issue
Abstract
The high level of morbidity in Ukraine and Sumy region has necessitated the creation of a series of medical-geographic maps and atlases, reflecting distribution and dynamics of diseases, their relationship with the natural, socio-economic, environmental conditions. Implementation of nosological-geographical analysis at a present-day scientific level is impossible without the use of cartographic method of research, without creation of health maps and meaningful interpretation of them. Application of cartographical method increases the complexity and accuracy of the territorial nosological-geographical analysis; the role of this method is shown by mapping two different factors of their occurrence in nosological classes: diseases of the usculoskeletal system and neoplasms. Cartographic method allows to show the structure of the musculoskeletal system diseases, among which are the most common arthritis, arthritis, and dorsopathies, spondylopathies. Osteoarthritis most often occurs in residents of Lypova Dolyna (4411.76), Putyvl’ (3783.19), Romny (3521.83) and Hlukhiv (3401.510 cases per 100 thousand residents) districts. As the results of cartographic modeling in Sumy region there is a high incidence of both benign and malignant tumors; the prevalence of the latter in 2014 reached a rate of 416.5 cases per 100 thousand residents. The use of cartographic method has made it possible not only to clearly describe the situation in a given area, but also through a series of medical-geographic maps to identify the chorologic features of diseases incidence and prevalence in the population of these administrative districts.
Authors and Affiliations
Anatoliy Кornus, Olesya Кornus, Volodimir Shyschuk
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