AbstrAct. breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women and cervical cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide. to analyze the cancer morbidity in women we used data taken from the reports of Public Health Department -constanta during 2007-2010 and we calculated the incidence for different types of tumors. the study shows that for all years the values for incidence of breast and cervical cancers were double in rural areas compared with urban areas.

The study aims to analyze the health effects caused by chronic exposure to elevated levels of nitrates in the water in order to improve prevention of some diseases. We analyze water quality from two villages of Constanta County in the period 2006-2012 and we take data about chronic diseases from family doctors of these localities. Analyzes on water samples were made in the laboratory of the Public Health Department. We found a significant increase of prevalence for chronic diseases in locality exposed to nitrates.