Epidemiological study on the trend of accidental deaths among children under five in Beijing, during 2003-2012
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2014.05.020
- VernacularTitle:北京市2003-2012年5岁以下儿童意外死亡流行病学分析
- Author:
Shujuan YAN
1
;
Xuena ZHU
Author Information
1. 首都医科大学附属北京妇产医院儿童神经心理保健科
- Keywords:
Injury;
Accidental death;
Trend;
Children under 5 years old
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2014;(5):562-565
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the trend of accidental death among children under 5 years of age in Beijing.Methods Cases of death in children under 5 years old in Beijing,during 2003-2012 were collected,to analyze the strength and trends of accidental death,main causes of accident and its epidemiological features. Results The overall accidental death was 8.47% of all death among children under 5 years old in Beijing during 2003-2012. During these 10 years,data showed a downward trend on the mortality rates on injuries(P<0.05),especially on drowning,in 1-4 year old and rural children under five years of age. In 2012,the accidental death rate of children under five was 6.37/105. The 5 main causes of accidental deaths were suffocation,traffic accident,falling,poisoning and drowning,in order of size. The main causes of death were suffocation in the 0-1 year group, suffocation and traffic accident in the 1-2 year group and traffic accident in the 3-4 year group. The proportion of deaths due to traffic accident increased gradually with age. Area distribution showed that accidental deaths mainly happened in rural area(52.19%),with two main types as traffic accident and suffocation. Conclusion The reduction of accidental death rate among children under 5 years old in Beijing mainly was caused by the decline of accident mortality in 1-4 year old and children in the rural areas. Our data suggested that the focus in reducing the accidental death rate among children under 5 years old in Beijing should target on the prevention of infant suffocation and traffic accidents among the 1-4 year old,with rural areas in particular.
