The Death Analysis of the Accidental Injury in Urban Residents of Chifeng city in 2001-2003 / 中国慢性病预防与控制

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the distribution and development characters of the accidental injury and death in urban residents in Chifeng city.Method The data came from the annals of death caused by illness or injury and of the demography of the residents from Hongshan district of the Chifeng city(urban area),Ningcheng county(rural area) and Balin You Banner(pasturing area) during 2001-2003.The causes of the death were classified with ICD-9.Results The mortality of the accidental injury during 2001-2003 were 14.17/100 000 in urban area,48.13/100 000 in rural area and 38.02/100 000 in pasturing area,respectively;and which accounted for 5.63%,10.42% and 9.83% of the total deaths,respectively.The death caused by accidental injury ranked the top 5th in urban and rural areas,and the 4th in pasturing area.The main cause for the potential life losing was traffic accidents of the motor vehicles for men and suicides for women.The mortality of the accidental injury in urban and rural residents of over 20 s yrs was higher,and it was higher in male that in female.Conclusion The main causes for the death of the residents in Chifeng city were traffic accidents,suicides and accidental poisoning.It is necessary to adopt correspond measures and make prevention for it according to the epidemic and different ages and sex characters.