New Information Technologies in Retrospective Epidemiological Analysis Carried out at the Level of the Russian Federation Constituent Entity: the Astrakhan Region as an Example

Abstract

Retrospective epidemiological analysis as regards infectious and parasitic diseases in the Astrakhan Region was carried out using the methods of complex multi-dimensional data analysis - OLAP. It was elucidated that application of the OLAP cube technologies enabled to facilitate complex retrospective analysis of epidemiological data in the context of different groups of infectious and parasitic diseases. It became possible by means of automation of calculations and use of qualitatively new methods in formation of database profiles. Enterobiasis and acute enteric infections of unidentified etiology were shown to be the most significant in epidemiological and social relation among the enteric group diseases.

Keywords

• infectious disease
• restrospective epidemiological analysis
• olap
• multi-dimensional database
• the astrakhan region
• information technologies