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Objective:To understand the attitudes and behaviors status of injury prevention among urban residents' injury prevention in Changsha City and to provide evidence for urban residents' injury prevention.Methods:A stratified random sampling was conducted to extract 504 residents from 8 communities in 2 urban districts of Changsha City. The questionnaires were distributed on-site, and 420 valid questionnaires were got.Results:The attitudes and behavioral scores of urban residents' injury prevention were 43.35±14.29 and 38.92±3.75, while the agreement rate regarding injury prevention attitudes was 76.63% and the compliance rate of injury prevention behaviors was 43.10%. The scores of injury prevention behaviors among urban residents with different ages, family annual income, exercise frequency, and frequency of injuries were different ( F values were 2.815, 4.740, 4.153, P<0.05). There were differences in the scores of injury prevention attitudes among the residents of different ages, education background, and frequency of injuries ( F values were 3.030-8.162, P<0.01 or 0.05). Conclusion:The residents ′ attitude towards injury prevention was positive and the compliance rate of injury prevention behavior among urban residents in Changsha is low. Both injury prevention attitudes and behaviors differed in the residents with different backgrounds.