Author/Authors :
Motlagh Ali نويسنده , Moghimbeigi Abbas نويسنده Dept. of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences , Karami Manoochehr نويسنده Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran , Olfatifar Meysam نويسنده Student Research Committee,Hamadan University of Medical Sciences,Hamadan,Iran , Rooshanaee Ghodrat نويسنده Modeling of Non-communicable Diseases Research Center,
Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR
Iran , Partovipour Elham نويسنده Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , Abdolahi Mansoureh نويسنده Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Abstract :
Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in
Iran. The aim of this study was to explore the spatial autocorrelation
and the estimation incidence rates variance among Iranian provinces.
Methods In this cross-sectional exploratory study, age-standardized
incidence rates from 2004 to 2010 were analyzed in order to detect hot
and cold spots map and estimate the rates using ordinary kriging Results
Mapping of clusters showed that hot and cold spots located in the East
and North East regions of Iran. Maps of estimated values for 2004 were
between 0.06 - 101.15 and for 2010 between 20.85 - 329.68, which
indicate increase in incidence rates, especially in some areas.
Conclusions There are relatively large differences between the
geographic distribution of the breast cancer clusters in the East and
North East regions of the country in comparison to other areas. Policy
makers are advised to consider such provincial diversity for better
understanding of factors affecting the incidence of breast cancer.
