Title: Analysis of death cause of injury in residents of Xiamen City,2002-2009
Abstract: Objective To explore the epidemiological characteristics of the death of injury among residents in Xiamen City,2002-2009,so as to provide scientific evidences for making preventive and control strategies of injury.Methods The main cause of death was analyzed using international classification of diseases(ICD-10),the mortality,distribution and disease burden of injury death were calculated by using the death data of residents in Xiamen City.Results From 2002 to 2009,the rate of coarse and standardized mortality of injury was 43.52/100 000 and 38.40/100 000 respectively,ranking fifth in the whole deaths.PYLLR was 11.85‰,accounting 149 531 years with 0.012 person-year/person on average.The mortality of traffic accidents was 15.72/100 000,ranking first in all injuries,followed by suicide(11.04/100 000),accidental tumble(7.45/100 000),drowning(2.24/100 000) and accidental poisoning(1.32/100 000).The first death was drowning in children,traffic accident in young and middle-aged people and accidental tumble in elderly group.Conclusions The deaths of injury have done great harm to the health of residents in Xiamen City,which has different distribution in people.Consequently,we should take different measures of intervention based on different group of age to decrease the mortality rate and disease burden.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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