The characteristics and tendency of unexpective death in the elderly of Jing'an District ,Shanghai in 1986～2003 / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To know the characteristics and tendency of unexpective death in the elderly of Shanghai downtown area. Methods The data of the elderly unexpective death in Jingan District were divided into 4 groups. The causes and frequency of unexpective death were analyzed. Results The average rate of unexpective death in the elderly of Jingan District were from 208/ 100 000 per year in 1986～1990 to 11/ 100 000 per year in 2001～2003.It descended about half.Fall and suicide death rate descended about half as well. Since 1986, there was no descent tendency for traffic accident and poisoning death. Conclusions Unexpective death in elderly is preventable and needs to pay much concern by relative departments.