Study on Injury of the Urban Elderly in Tongzhou District in Beijing / 中国慢性病预防与控制

ABSTRACT

Objective To discribe the epidemiological features of injury among the urban elderly in Tongzhou district in Beijing.Methods A random cluster sampling was used to collect information from two neighborhood committees in Tongzhou, the Xi-ying neighborhood committee and the Shang-ying neighborhood committee.The all elderly above 60 yrs in these two neighborhood committees were investigated by home or by collective survey.Results The overall prevalence rate of injury was 7.8%,and 5.7%for male and 10.3%for female(x~2=5.190,P