Li Li-Ping, Wang Sheng, Huang Ge, Luo Jia-Yi
Injury Prevention Research Center, Shantou University Medical School, Shantou, Guangdong 515031 China.
Biomed Environ Sci. 2003 Jun;16(2):180-6.
To study incidence characteristics and causes of injury, and its medical consequences in school children of China.
A total of 2,553 school children aged 7-16 years were recruited from Shantou City in Gunagdong by cluster sampling method, and were investigated with questionnaires on cases of injuries occurred among them from October 1, 1996 to September 30, 1997.
Injuries tended to increase with children's age, with an overall incidence rate of 37.96%, higher in boys than in girls (P<0.05); and 38.1% of children had more than two episodes of injury during this period. Falls took leading place of injury incidence both in boys and girls and in all age groups. Most injuries occurred when they were playing, sporting, riding and walking at home or in school. Self-inflicted injury ranked the first place of all injuries, followed by hurt caused by others (classmates, sibling or others). Moderate and serious injuries accounted for 8% of the total with a disability rate of 121.4/100,000.
Currently, injury has become one of the serious public health problems in China. For the improvement of children survival, it is crucial to reduce their injury to strengthen research on child safety and to implement safety-promotion programs.
研究中国学龄儿童伤害的发生特点、原因及其医学后果。
采用整群抽样方法从广东省汕头市招募了2553名7至16岁的学龄儿童，对他们在1996年10月1日至1997年9月30日期间发生的伤害病例进行问卷调查。
伤害发生率随儿童年龄增长呈上升趋势，总发生率为37.96%，男孩高于女孩（P<0.05）；在此期间，38.1%的儿童有两次以上的伤害经历。跌倒在男孩和女孩以及所有年龄组的伤害发生率中均居首位。大多数伤害发生在他们在家或学校玩耍、运动、骑车和行走时。自我伤害在所有伤害中排名第一，其次是他人（同学、兄弟姐妹或其他人）造成的伤害。中度和重度伤害占总数的8%，残疾率为121.4/10万。
目前，伤害已成为中国严重的公共卫生问题之一。为了提高儿童生存率，减少儿童伤害至关重要，要加强儿童安全研究并实施安全促进项目。
