Spatiotemporal dynamics and prevention strategies of cervical cancer incidence in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study analysed the spatial and temporal patterns of cervical cancer incidence in Addis Ababa from 2012 to 2021.

Design

An ecological study was conducted from 1 September to 30 November 2023 to examine the spatiotemporal trends of cervical cancer incidence.

Setting

The research was conducted in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.

Participants

Included were all patients with clinically and/or histopathologically confirmed diagnoses of cervical cancer.

Data analysis

The study employed advanced analytical tools including R programming, Quantum Geographic Information System V.3.36.0, GeoDa V.1.2.2 and System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses GIS V.9.3.2. Techniques such as Bayesian empirical testing with a block weighting matrix for h

SUBMITTER: Shimels T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751793 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature