Unintentional injury deaths among children under five in Suzhou during 2016-2020
10.3969/j.issn.1006-2483.2022.01.018
- VernacularTitle:2016—2020年苏州市5岁以下儿童意外伤害死亡特征和原因分析
- Author:
Li SUN
1
;
Yan SHAO
1
;
Rong XYU
1
;
Qianlan WU
1
Author Information
1. Suzhou Maternal and Child Healthcare Center, Suzhou Municipal Hospital , Suzhou , Jiangsu 215000 , China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Children under 5 years old;
Unintentional injury deaths;
Cause of death;
Epidemiological characteristics
- From:
Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
2022;33(1):85-89
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the epidemiology and trends of of unintentional injury deaths of children <5 years of age in Suzhou during 2016-2020 and to provide injury prevention and policy implications basis. Methods Surveillance data of children <5 years of age in 2016-2020 were collected，descriptive analysis and Chi-square test were used to analyze the epidemiological characteristics of injury deaths among children. Results The death rate of unintentional injury deaths demonstrated decreased from 80.17/100 000 in 2016 to 77.84/100 000 in 2020; The proportion of drowning and traffic accidents in migrant children was significantly higher than local children（χ2=16.44 , χ2=5.284 , P＜0.05）. The three leading causes of unintentional injury deaths were drowning (2.30/10000), suffocation (1.90/10000), and traffic accidents (1.42/10 000). Drowning among boys was 8.74 per cent, which was significantly higher than in girls（χ2=9.36，P＜0.05）. Drowning was the leading cause in boys, while suffocation was the leading cause of accidental death in girls. Accidents accounted for 57.49% of all deaths among children aged 1 to 4 years. Suffocation was the leading cause in children <1 year of age, but drowning（38.62%）was more prominent in children 1-4 years of age. Suffocation has high incidence in the winter, and drowning has high incidence in the summer season（P＜0.05）. Conclusions Effective childhood injury prevention may require different prevention policies combination depending on epidemiological characteristics such as genders, age groups，household register and seasons. The prevention programs should be carried especially the floating population.
