A Cross-sectional Study of Children Injures in Fuzhou City / 中国慢性病预防与控制

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the epidemic and distribution characters and its relevant risk factors of children injury in Fuzhou city.Methods Using stratified cluster sampling with probability of selection proportional to size in three random selected stages,8 800 families from 44 communities of 22 towns over 11 counties of the whole Fuzhou city were investigated.There were 30 214 family members were surveyed with questionnaire,including 8 405 children aged between 0 to 17 years old.Result The results showed the general rate of non-fatal injury was 6.38% for children between 0～17 yrs,and it was the highest(7.90%)in children of 5～9 yrs;the rate was higher in the male than in the female,and the rate of the urban districts was higher than that of the rural areas.The first three types of children injury were caused by animal biting,falling and traffic accident.Among the children of 1～17 yrs,there were 6 children died in fetal injury,of 5 cases(83.3%)were drown.Conclusions Injury has become one of the important social and health problems to children growth.Therefore,to protect children health and safety,the intervention measures against children injury should be carried out as soon as possible.