Emerging and resurging vector-borne diseases cause significant morbidity and mortality,
especially in the developing world. We focus on how advances in mapping, Geographic …

Background To communicate population-based cancer statistics, cancer researchers have a
long tradition of presenting data in a spatial representation, or map. Historically, health data …

and chapter 7 focuses on modeling of spatial distribution of diseases. Finally, chapter 8
explains data-driven and knowledge-driven modeling for risk assessment and management …

Background While the use of spatially referenced data for the analysis of epidemiological
data is growing, issues associated with selecting the appropriate geographic unit of analysis …

Background Spatial cluster detection is an important tool in cancer surveillance to identify
areas of elevated risk and to generate hypotheses about cancer etiology. There are many …

We may at once admit that any inference from the particular to the general must be attended
with some degree of uncertainty, but this is not the same as to admit that such inference …

Background Malaria burden in Uganda has declined disproportionately among regions
despite overall high intervention coverage across all regions. The Uganda Malaria Indicator …

The cartogram, or value-by-area map, is a popular technique for cartographically
representing social data. Such maps visually equalize a basemap before mapping a social …

Objectives. Patient data that includes precise locations can reveal patients' identities,
whereas data aggregated into administrative regions may preserve privacy and …

Background The assignment of a point-level geocode to subjects' residences is an important
data assimilation component of many geographic public health studies. Often, these …