@article{ref1,
title="Investigation on the unintentional injuries among rural children in Shaanxi province",
journal="Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi",
year="2011",
author="Zhang, Chao and Sun, Lei-Huan and Zeng, Ling-Xia and Yan, Hong",
volume="32",
number="12",
pages="1221-1223",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate the current status of unintentional injuries among rural children aged 0 - 12 years in Shaanxi. METHODS: Using a three-stage stratified random sampling method to study the status of unintentional injuries among 4668 children aged 0 - 12 years old during the period of 2010 in rural areas of Shaanxi province. RESULTS: The overall incidence of injure was 27.3%, with boys as 28.7% and girls as 25.6% respectively (χ(2) = 5.91, P = 0.015). Age differences in unintentional injuries rate were also significant (χ(2) = 9.91, P = 0.007), with children under 0 - 3 years old having the highest rate of injuries, followed by 7 - 12 and 4 - 6 year-olds. Falls took the leading type of accidence among both sexes and all age groups. Poorer the family economic situation was, higher the incidence of unintentional injuries appeared. CONCLUSION: Falls was the leading cause of unintentional injuries among rural children in Shaanxi province, with age 0 - 3 year group appeared the highest to suffer unintentional injuries. Unintentional injuries were associated with the economic status of the families.<p /> <p>Language: zh</p>",
language="zh",
issn="0254-6450",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}