A cross-sectional study on injuries in residents at the community level of Zhejiang / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the incidence of injuries among residents living in the communities in Zhejiang.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A household questionnaire survey was conducted to 16 899 residents in four communities.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The incidence of injuries was 16.11% in total, higher in urban area than in rural area and higher in men than in women. The leading causes of injuries were falls (4.80%), knife-cutting or by sharp articles (3.86%), traffic accident (2.07%), collision (1.99%), scalds (1.13%) and animal bites (1.06%). Peak incidence of age group was different in different injuries, such as traffic accident was high in 45 - 60 age group and falls was high in 5 and 60 age group. Direct economic loss for each case with injury would cost 324.21 RMB yuan.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Injury was common and frequently occurred among residents at the community level which seriously on danger their health and families.</p>