Assessment of Under-5 Mortality Rates in Istanbul Using the Geographic Information System

Babaoglu U. T., Issever H., Hapcioglu B.

ERCIYES MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.38, sa.1, ss.6-11, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/etd.2016.0044
  • Dergi Adı: ERCIYES MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.6-11
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Analyzing mortality rates and the reasons for these in Turkey's urban allocations using geographic information systems (GISs) is a new research area. While planning health services, knowing the mortality rates and reasons according to age and residential area are a big source of information for health planners and people who provide health services. The aim of this research is to analyze the deaths of children under the age of 5 years in big cities depending on a socioeconomic range using GIS. Further, this should make it possible to determine geographically risky places.