TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - A cross-sectional study on injuries in residents at the community level of Zhejiang
JO  - Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
A1  - Yu, ManSoo
A1  - Cong, Li-ming
A1  - Xu, Lai-rong
A1  - Xia, Zi-cheng
A1  - Han, Cheng-xing
A1  - Ma, Yilong
A1  - Zhong, Jie-ming
SP  - 681
EP  - 683
VL  - 24
IS  - 8
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence of injuries among residents living in the communities in Zhejiang. METHODS: A household questionnaire survey was conducted to 16 899 residents in four communities. RESULTS: The incidence of injuries was 16.11% in total, higher in urban area than in rural area and higher in men than in women. The leading causes of injuries were falls (4.80%), knife-cutting or by sharp articles (3.86%), traffic accident (2.07%), collision (1.99%), scalds (1.13%) and animal bites (1.06%). Peak incidence of age group was different in different injuries, such as traffic accident was high in 45 - 60 age group and falls was high in 5 and 60 age group. Direct economic loss for each case with injury would cost 324.21 RMB yuan. CONCLUSION: Injury was common and frequently occurred among residents at the community level which seriously on danger their health and families.<p />  <p>Language: zh</p>
LA  - zh
SN  - 0254-6450
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -