Spatial analysis of compulsory infectious diseases via geographical information system, and determination of risky areas they are concentrated in İzmir central provinces, 2011-2015

Determination features of infectious diseases, investigate their types and quantity, distribution and accumulation in a country or a region is essential for planning strategies for both prevention and fast initial intervention of a diseases. The aim of our study was to determine the features of water-borne infectious diseases reported between January 2011 and December 2015, to determine their incidence, investigate the regions they cluster and to evaluate their increase or decline in years. In order to evaluate the data geographical information system was utilizes. The Group A diseases of water-borne infectious diseases were the most common diseases reported within five-year period in whole İzmir province, and also no significant alteration in the rate of the diseases was reported. The fact that no report on water-borne infectious diseases was determined within respective years leaded to question that there might be a deficiency in recording or declaration of the diseases. Insufficiency and inadequacy in reporting the water-borne infectious diseases was established. Regular educations emphasizing the importance of these reports should be conducted. Key words: water-borne infectious disease, disease distribution, incidence, geographical information system