Analysis on pedestrian traffic injury among aged 0-14 years children in Guangzhou, China / 中华流行病学杂志
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
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(12): 576-579, 2007.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-294280
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To describe the characteristics of child pedestrian traffic injuries among aged 0-14 years old in Guangzhou city and to provide information on road, vehicle and human injuries in pedestrian.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A database of all motor vehicle crashes involving child pedestrian traffic injury cases over a five-year period (2000-2004), was from the police department.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The annual pedestrian traffic injury rates on incidence, mortality and case fatality were 17.63/ 1,100,000, 1.78/ 100,000 and 10.07% respectively. Both incidence rate and mortality peaked in the 5-9 age group were 26.80/ 100,000 and 2.57/ 100,000, with case fatality peaked in the 0-4 age group (13.29%). For males, the incidence (20.98/ 100,000) and mortality (2.00/ 100,000) were higher than that in females (13.83/ 100,000, and 1.52/ 100,000). The main injured parts of body would include multi-areas (40.34%), head (26.75%) and lower limbs (21.53%). 10.07% of the cases died and 66.18% and 23.75% of them having had severe and slight injures. The major causes were due to drivers (57.50%) and pedestrians (33.47%) faults with top three responsible vehicles were cars (40.14%), two-wheeled motorcycles (34.38%) and vans (22.15%).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Data from pediatric pedestrian injury poses a threat to children and adolescents, data suggesting that it is important to change behaviors of both drivers and pedestrians.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Wounds and Injuries
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Accidents, Traffic
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China
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Epidemiology
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Age Distribution
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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