Analysis on the Epidemic Characteristics of Children Injury Surveyed in Emergency Department from 2004 to 2007 in Shenzhen
- VernacularTitle:2006—2007年深圳市急诊儿童伤害流行病学特征
- Author:
Haibin ZHOU
;
Li YANG
;
Ji PENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Children;
Injury;
Emergency department;
Surveillance;
Epidemiology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases
2006;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the epidemiologic characteristics of injuries of children aged 0 ~14 yrs. Methods Described analysis was used to analyze the epidemiologic characteristics about the age, gender, injury type and cause in children 0~14 years old who visited in emergency department of hospitals form 2006 to 2007. Results During the study period, 16 124 injured children were collected. the rank of injuries type were contused/abrased wound (44.41%), open injury (36.10%), sprain (12.81%), bone fracture (3.25%) and burn/scald injury (1.49%); the cause of injuries were fall down (55.24%), animal injury (21.49%) , blunt injury (8.47%) and traffic injury (6.96%); The common place of injury occurred were at home (53.66%), public and resident place (18.01%), road/street (11.73%) and school (10.70%). The gender ratio was 1.94, the median age was 6 years, the male injury was decrease with the age increase, but so wasn't the female. Conclusion Injury gradually becomes the key health problem and influences the children health. The effective measures should be taken in term of the epidemiology characteristics of the injuries among children at 0-14 to prevent and control injury occurring. The health education of preventing injury occurring and behavior drawback should be conducted as early as possible to raise awareness of injury issues among children in the kindergartens and promote them growing healthily.
