2019.15.1.22-42
Katarína Vilinová
INCIDENCIA ZHUBNÝCH NÁDOROV NA ÚZEMÍ NUTS II STREDNÉ SLOVENSKO
CANCER INCIDENCE IN NUTS II CENTRAL SLOVAKIA
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24040/GR.2019.15.1.22-42
CITATION: Vilinová, K. 2019. Incidienca zhubných nádorov na území NUTS II Stredné Slovensko. Geografická Revue. [online]. Banská Bystrica, 2019, 15 (1), 22-42 [cit. 2019-07-18]. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.24040/GR.2019.15.1.22-42
Abstract:
Managing the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of cancers is a challenging med-ical task with lasting consequences for the development of population health status and economy of health in each country. We may agree with the opinion that the fight against cancers, in order to be comprehensive, must involve the spatial aspect and this is mostly applied in medical geography. The key indicators for monitoring cancers include mortality, incidence, but also prevalence. Addressing the issue of incidence development in the selected area can be considered a relevant topic of the geographical research. Standardized cancer incidence in NUTS II Central Slo-vakia was analyzed in case of men and women. The time horizon for comparing the incidence was set for the years 1997, 2002, 2008 and the period of 1997-2008. The result of these partial analyses was the evaluation of situation in the districts of NUTS II Central Slovakia from the perspective of incidence develop-ment.
Keywords: medical geography, cancer, standardized incidence, Slovakia