The geographic concentration of cancer cases and the centers of its prevention

Abstract

Monitoring of population health is an important indicator of regional development. The paper deals with the incidence of cancer cases in Czech population, the differences in individual regions are shown and discussed in relation to the health policy and target prevention programs. The aim of this contribution is to map cancer incidence from the perspective of the regions and to map activities at central and regional level, which aimed at the prevention issues. Data and Methods: Epidemiology analysis is based on data from the Czech National Cancer Registry and the associated portal svod was especially needed for the regional issue of the cancer incidence. It was found that the issue of differences in the incidence of the particular types of cancer among individual regions is not a negligible one. e.g. Plzeňský region is an absolute leader in the incidence of colorectal cancer. We also mapped prevention activities in the Czech Republic in relation to the availability of special screening centres in individual regions.