Road traffic injury happened on the way to school, among primary and secondary school students in Mengzi city, Honghe prefecture, Yunnan province in 2018
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2019.11.008
- VernacularTitle: 2018年云南省红河州蒙自市中小学生通学道路交通伤害发生状况调查
- Author:
Cuirong JI
1
;
Xiao DENG
;
Pengpeng YE
;
Yuliang ER
;
Xin GAO
;
Yuan WANG
;
Ye JIN
;
Leilei DUAN
Author Information
1. Division of Injury Prevention and Mental Health, National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Child injury;
Primary and secondary school students;
Journey to school;
Road traffic
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2019;40(11):1381-1385
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To understand the current situation of road traffic injuries among primary and secondary school students in Mengzi city.
Methods:Using the cluster random sampling method, more than 9 000 primary and secondary school students from 20 primary and secondary schools in Mengzi city, were randomly sampled. A questionnaire survey was conducted on the occurrence of road traffic injuries in school students.
Results:A total of 9 197 students were surveyed, including 150 from road traffic injuries. The incidence rates of road traffic injuries was 1.63% among students in Mengzi city and 2.85% among junior high school students, with the high incidence in May. The leading places of injuries were village roads (38.00%), city roads (33.33%) and district roads (12.67%), respectively. 26.67% of the traffic injuries occurred on the way to or from schools, with riding on electric bicycle (52.00%) as the major cause and contusion/abrasion (75.33%) appeared as the major signs. Both lower and upper limbs plus multiple parts were accounting for 45.51%, 22.16% and 16.17%, respectively of all the injuries. 70.67% of all the cases with road traffic injuries in children, recovered after treatment. Children with road traffic injuries would stay in the hospital for up to 90 days but spent less than 30 000 Yuan.
Conclusion:The incidence of road traffic injuries among students in Mengzi city seemed relatively high, with junior high school students reached the highest. Riding electric bicycle appeared as the leading cause for traffic injuries in children in Mengzi city of Yunnan province.
