TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Investigation on the unintentional injuries among rural children in Shaanxi province
JO  - Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
A1  - Zhang, Chao
A1  - Sun, Lei-Huan
A1  - Zeng, Ling-Xia
A1  - Yan, Hong
SP  - 1221
EP  - 1223
VL  - 32
IS  - 12
N2  - 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>
LA  - zh
SN  - 0254-6450
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -