Geographical analysis of women’s deaths in Basra Governorate for the period (2012-2022)

Abstract

The study aims to Knowing the location and direction of deaths and determining their path which is a very important issues, because this is linked to the general demographic picture and its spatial, temporal and qualitative variation, and indicating whether they occur at rates that indicate an unusual loss in human resources. We can say that vital statistics and annual records issued by government departments represent the most important sources of mortality data in Basra Governorate, which by analyzing them geographically enables us to draw a picture of women’s deaths for the period (2012 - 2022).The study concluded that the percentage of women’s deaths for constituted 32-34% of the total recorded deaths for the period 2012 -2022 , but it recorded high rates for the years 2020 and 2021, at rates of 36.2 % and 37.7%. This is due to the high deaths from the corona pandemic and their impact on reconsidering future plans related to health, curative and preventive services provided to society.; The study showed that death rates remained around 4 per thousand, with the exception of the mutations that occurred during the Corona pandemic period, and the Basra District ranked highest in most time periods.