تحليل مكاني للأمراض الانتقالية المسجلة في محافظة النجف للمدة (2004-2014)‎

الملخص EN

This study has tackled the medical geography that could shed light on the various geographical factors that depicts a map for the geographical distribution of diseases.

Based on that, the study is based on the geographical method, therefore, it is interested in analyzing the spatial relations of the contagious diseases in Al-Najaf governorate for 2004-2014 and concentrated more on its frequency.

This study answered the following questions: 1- What is the size of the recorded contagious diseases in Al-Najaf governorate for the mentioned period ? 2- How are these diseases distributed demographically among the males and females and the age categories? 3- What are the temporary and quarterly directions of these diseases? 4- How are these diseases distributed on the regions of the governorate? To answer these questions, the researcher devised the following hypotheses: 1- The size of the recorded contagious diseases in Al-Najaf governorate is low compared with its size in Iraq according to the spread coefficient.

2- The distribution of these diseases demographically among the males and females is almost the same, but the percentage of these diseases among infants and children under fifteen years is quite high.

3- In general, these diseases tend to decrease by time and during the summer it reaches its peak.

4- The high percentage of these diseases is in the Administrative units where most of the people live in the rural areas.

The results of these study support the first hypothesis and the second part of the second hypothesis and the third one.

But the fourth one is invalid and the highest percentage is in the center of