Epidemiological study on injuries among children in Beijing

To explore the morbidity, burdens caused and risk factors of injuries among children and to provide information for policy making on prevention. By PPS sampling method, we selected 28 000 households in Beijing and using a questionnaire developed by UNICEF, TASC and China CDC. The morbidity of child...

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Published inZhōnghuá liúxíngbìng zázhì Vol. 27; no. 12; p. 1024
Main Authors Zeng, Guang, Geng, Yu-tian, Jing, Rui-wei, Li, Xiao-hu, Qu, Shu-quan, Li, Lan-ping, Hao, Ai-hua, Yuan, Min, Linnan, Michael
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.12.2006
Subjects
Child
Child, Preschool
China - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Morbidity
Risk Factors
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
China
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Summary:To explore the morbidity, burdens caused and risk factors of injuries among children and to provide information for policy making on prevention. By PPS sampling method, we selected 28 000 households in Beijing and using a questionnaire developed by UNICEF, TASC and China CDC. The morbidity of child injury in Beijing was 2.25%, higher than that of adults (1.56%) with 6-9 year group the highest (2.83% ). The morbidity of boys was 3.04% higher than that of girls (1.37%). Among the 7 death cases, 3 were caused by injury(2 RTA, 1 drowning). The three leading causes of injuries were fall, animal bite and road traffic accident in children. Among children aged 0-5 years, fall, animal and burn/machine injuries were the leading causes. Among children aged 0-5 years, the leading causes were hurt by animals, fall and RTA with the leading causes as fall, sprain and RTA. The average medical cost of injury cases was 1617.57 Yuan. There were 3500 children (injured orphan) whose parents were injured leading to death or disabi
ISSN:0254-6450