A Comparative Analysis of Health Indicators in Khuzestan Province

Health issues that will affect the development of the affected area, which is why Article 29 of the Constitution has given full attention to health. Today, the quality and health of the living conditions of urban and rural residents are considered as the main goal of urban and regional planning policies. Also, the health status of the community is a critical and important issue for planners. In order to solve the problems caused by regional imbalances, the first step is to recognize and level the areas of enjoyment in various fields, especially health services. The aim of the present study is to determine the spatial analysis of the cities of Khuzestan province in terms of geographical health indicators. In this descriptive-analytical study, the statistical data from the Statistical Yearbook 1391 in Khuzestan province have been used. At first, the most important indicators of health geography were determined and then, based on these indicators, the status of 24 provinces of Khuzestan province in terms of having health indicators, using grayscale analysis method, and the results indicate that Ahwaz city is more desirable than other cities of Khuzestan province. Then, the developmental level of the cities of Khuzestan province in terms of health indicators using Morris incoherent coefficient has been extended to four groups: developed, developing, less developed, and deprived. They were distributed using the ARC / GIS system. The results of this research show that, according to the results of the Morris model of the whole city of the province, 6 counties were developed, 8 were developing cities, 8 were less developed cities, and two were deprived cities.