TÜRKİYE'DE KİŞİ BAŞINA DÜŞEN YEŞİL ALAN MİKTARI İLE ÖLÜM ORANI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Year 2015, Volume: 12 Issue: 2, 101 - 107, 01.06.2015

Abdullah Akpınar Murat Cankurt

Abstract

Günümüzde bilim insanları artan bir oranda yeşil alanların insan ruh ve beden sağlığı üzerindeki etkisini
araştırmaktadır. Bu yapılan çalışmalar aynı zamanda yeşil alanların miktarının daha düşük ölüm oranıyla ilişkili
olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Ancak bu konu ile yapılan yeterli çalışma bulunmamaktadır. Bu sebeple bu
çalışmada, Türkiye genelinde il bazında kişi başına düşen aktif yeşil alan miktarı ile kalp krizi, doğal ölümler ve
intihar vakaları arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu çalışmanın verileri 2014 yılına ait iki farklı
veri setinin bir araya getirilmesi ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. İl bazında gerçekleşen kalp krizi, doğal yoldan
gerçekleşen ölümler ve intihar ile ilgili veriler Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu'ndan temin edilmiştir. Kişi başına düşen
aktif yeşil alan miktarı ise Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanlığı, ilgili büyükşehir belediyeleri ve Zafer Kalkınma Ajansı
verilerinden elde edilmiştir. Çoklu regresyon analizi sonucunda, kişi başına düşen aktif yeşil alan miktarı arttıkça,
kalp krizi, doğal ölümler ve intihar vakalarının gerçekleşme oranı azaldığı bulunmuştur. Yeşil alanların insan ruh
ve beden sağlığına etkisi göz önünde bulundurulduğunda elde edilen sonuçlar yeşil alanların insan sağlığı
üzerindeki etkisinin küçümsenmemisi gerektiğini ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Yeşil alan, kalp krizi, doğal ölüm, intihar, Türkiye

Assessing the Association between the Amount of Green Space Per Capita and Mortality in Turkey

Abstract

Nowadays scientists are investigating the effect of green spaces on human mental and general health with an
increase proportion. These studies also reveal that there is an association between the amount of green spaces and
lower rate of mortality. However, conducted studies so far are inadequate. Therefore, in this study the associations
between the amount of green space per capita and heart attack, natural deaths and suicide rate were investigated in
Turkey. The data for this study was carried out by combining two different datasets of 2014. The rate of heart
attack, natural deaths, and suicides for each city was obtained from Turkey Statistical Institute. The data for the
amount of green spaces per capita was obtained from the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning, the
relevant metropolitan municipalities, and Zafer Development Agency. Multivariate linear regression analyses
show that when the amount of active green spaces increase, the rate of heart attack, natural deaths, and suicides
decrease. Considering the effect of green space on human mental and general health, the results indicated that the
effect of green space on human health should be underestimated

Keywords

Green space, heart attack, mortality, suicide, Turkey

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