Regionale Untersuchungen im Gesundheitsbereich mit Hilfe von CARESS

Abstract

The possibilities of CARESS (CARLOS Epidemiological and Statistical Data Exploration System), implementing support for the statistical and epidemiological data analysis, are presented in two examples. CARLOS is the corresponding project, started in 1993, to install a population-based cancer registry in Lower-Saxony. Special emphasis is put on the support of spatial data analysis which is the main focus of the system. A separate geographical data server provides both high-quality spatial data as well as facilities to manipulate these data which stem from the field of geographical information systems. The first example is a regionally based prognosis for cancer incidence in the administrative districts of Lower-Saxony, the second is an exploration for the influence of stables on the cronic disease of paranasal sinus.