Analysis of injury results of hospital outpatient / emergency in Hunan Province injury surveillance system from 2015 to 2017

Author: Shan-shan WU ¹ ; Dong-hui JIN ; Jia-wu LIU ; Yue-long HUANG ; Hong-zhuan TAN
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1. Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
Publication Type:Research Article
Keywords: Injury; Injury surveillance system; The hospital outpatient/emergency
From: Chinese Journal of Disease Control & Prevention 2019;23(9):1081-1085
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To analyze the causes and epidemiological characteristics of injury in Hunan Province, so as provide scientific basis for the development of intervention measures of injury. Methods The Excel 2007 software and SPSS 18.0 software were used to organize and analyze the injury surveillance system data. Results A total of 107 754 effective cases were collected in three years, and the male-female ratio was 1.65:1. The top three causes of injury were falls(36.0%), motor vehicle accident (20.6%) and sharp knife injury (11.8%). The locations of injuries were mainly roads (30.9%) and homes (28.3%). The top three activities at the time of injury were leisure activities (24.7%), driving (17.6%) and work (16.4%). 93.2% of injury was unintentional injury, and the degree of injury was mainly mild injury (74.3%). Conclusions The number of injuries is increasing year by year. The number of male injuries is more than that of females. Systematic research and intervention measures should focus on falls and motor vehicle accident .