Epidemiological Analysis Of Injury Deaths Of Residents In Zigong City Between2001and2009

Objective：The purpose of this study was to analyze injury deaths ofpermanent residents in Zigong, to find the harm and epidemic factors ofinjury and quantifying potential years of life lost(PYLL), to provide thereference for prevention and control of injury death, and to supply baselinesurvey data for injury intervention．Methods：⑴Data collection: Death surveillance data from all levelmedical institutions and CDCs were used from2001to2009, and thencoding, computer entry, logic verification, duplicate checking and addedomissions by statistics personnel according to ICD-10and CCD;population data were from public security bureau and statistic bureau inZigong.⑵Data analysis: Deathreg2002, Excel2003were used to statisticalanalyze data, SPSS17.0was used to statistical test data, the censuspopulation of China in2000were used to standardize the death rates.Results：There were totally28739068monitored crowd from2001to2009,in this population167646deaths were reported and CDR was about6‰per year.The whole population average life expectancy was75.72,which increased over the past years,and the male’s was lower than thefemale’s.The first five death causes were: circulatory system diseases，respiratory diseases,tumour,injuries and digestive system diseases.Injurydeath was the fourth death causes all along.10957people died of injurybetween2001and2009,and CDR was38.13/105,SMR was36.07/105. Thenumber of people who died reached the highest point at the age of1-15and 25-54, but the highest death rate was at the age of more than65years old.The SMR from high to low in turn was:Fushun county,Rong county,Yantandistrict,Daan district, Gongjing district, Ziliujing district.The first six injurydeath causes were: drowning, transport accidents except motor vehicle,suicide,motor vehicle accidents,accidental falling and accidental poisoning.The PYLL of injury death was334325.50,APYLL was34.67,and the PYLLrate was11.63‰, which male’s was higher than female’s. The injury deathcauses differed from age groups:Drowning was the primary death cause ofchildren from the age0-14group,the constituent ratio was more than60%；transport accidents except motor vehicle was the primary death cause ofage15-64; Suicide was the primary death cause of more than65years old．Conclusion：The injury CDR was38.13/105that accounted6.53%oftotal death in Zigong from2001to2009．Injury death was the fourth deathcauses which showed ascending trend. Drowning was the primary deathcause which was quite different from other places in China, followed bytransport accidents except motor vehicle, suicide，motor vehicle accidents,accidental falling and accidental poisoning. The death causes were differentfrom different areas, two sexes and age groups. Injury death was the mainreason that caused the loss of resident life and becoming one of the mostimportant problems of public health. Injury can be prevented and controlledunder some certain effective measures and strategies which should be madeagainst targeted-population and death causes pattern.In addition toestablishment of such effective measures and strategies,government’sguidance and intervention of implementation will also play indispensablerole in ensuring the successful control of injury.