Study on Injury of the Urban Elderly in Tongzhou District in Beijing
- VernacularTitle:北京市通州区城镇老年人群伤害发生情况
- Author:
Wei-Lan JIA
;
Xin CHANG
;
Wei-Min HAN
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Injury;
Elderly;
Tumble
- From:
Chinese Journal of Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases
2006;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To discribe the epidemiological features of injury among the urban elderly in Tongzhou district in Beijing.Methods A random cluster sampling was used to collect information from two neighborhood committees in Tongzhou, the Xi-ying neighborhood committee and the Shang-ying neighborhood committee.The all elderly above 60 yrs in these two neighborhood committees were investigated by home or by collective survey.Results The overall prevalence rate of injury was 7.8%,and 5.7%for male and 10.3%for female(x~2=5.190,P
