Introduction.:
One of the tasks of medical geography is to identify the spatial distribution of negative health indicators. The article attempts to draw attention to the need taking into account negative health indicators other than mortality, especially morbidity rate.

Objectives:
The aim of the study is to identity the spatial distribution of the morbidity due to chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal system (K25 – K93) in Poland in the years 2008–2013.

Material and methods:
The data was obtained from the MZ-11 Report on the activities and staff in outpatient care, collected by the Centre for Healthcare Information Systems (CSIOZ). In addition, spatial data from the Central Geodetic and Cartographic Documentation Centre and demographic data from the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office were used. Furthermore, the method of the choropleth map was used.

Results:
The results of analysis showed, among other things, that the areas characterized by an unfavourable situation with respect to the analyzed morbidity are the West Pomeranian Province and Lublin Province and parts of the following districts in the provinces of Warmia-Masuria, Podlasie, and Lubuskie.

Conclusions:
Spatial proposals have been made in the division into provinces and districts. Moreover, the tendency for morbidity was determined. For instance, in most districts characterized by low and average morbidity rates, an increase in morbidity was observed between 2008–2010 and 2011–2013.