@article{ref1,
title="Unintentional injury mortality among children under age five in urban and rural areas in the Sichuan province of west China, 2009-2017",
journal="Scientific reports",
year="2019",
author="Yao, Minghong and Wu, Gonghua and Zhao, Ziling and Luo, Min and Zhang, Juying",
volume="9",
number="1",
pages="e2963-e2963",
abstract="This study analysed trends in the unintentional injuries specific mortality rates among children under age five (UI-specific U5MRs) in urban and rural areas in the Sichuan province of western China. Data were obtained from the National Health Statistics Survey System. The Cochran-Armitage trend test was used to analyse the trends in UI-specific U5MRs and the proportion of unintentional injury deaths to total deaths. The Poisson regression model was used to compare the UI-specific U5MRs between rural and urban areas. The overall UI-specific U5MRs decreased from 3.8 to 1.7 per 1,000 live births from 2009 to 2017, with an average annual decline in the rates of 8.78% and 10.05% in urban and rural areas, respectively. The UI risk of death in rural areas was approximately 1.95 times that in urban areas (95% CI: 1.73-2.18; p < 0.01). A total of 49.9% of all the children in the study did not receive any treatment before death caused by UI. The UI-specific U5MRs significantly declined in Sichuan province from 2009 to 2017, but large disparities in UI-specific U5MRs in urban and rural areas still exist. Reducing the U5MRs due to UI should be a major public health concern in western China.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2045-2322",
doi="10.1038/s41598-019-38936-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38936-6"
}