Geographical Patterns of Some Child Diseases in Basra Province

Abstract

This study aims to describe and analyze the geographical patterns of some child diseases (viz pneumonia, chicken box, and mumps) in Basra province in terms of time and place through investigating the monthly and annual variables and the spatial distribution of the diseases on the level of the administrative units of the province and demographically by analyzing the age and qualitative components The study highlighted the annual and monthly changes that these diseases witnessed during the studied period 2009-2016