The Epidemiological Characteristics Of Unintentional Injury Patients In A Hospital From 2006 To 2010

Objective:To understand the epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized children of unintentional injury in Hunan children'hospital and analyses the major type of unintentional injury. To provide evidence for prevention and control of children unintentional injury and improvement of hospital labor resource configuration.Methods:Retrospective study method is used to analyze the document material of 0-14 ages, unintentional injury hospitalized Children of Hunan children'hospital, from 2006 to 2010.Results:From 2006 to 2010, the total cases of unintentional injury hospitalized Children of Hunan children'hospital are 5722, which has growth tendency by year; the proportion of male to female is 1.58:1; the proportion of rural residents to urban residents is 1:0.44, children under 6 ages contribute the major number to the cases. The major type of the unintentional injury is spine, skin, and vascular injury and foreign body aspiration (39.3%). The median of hospital stay of unintentional injury hospitalized Children is 5.00 days. The cure rate, improvement rate and mortality rate respectively are 62.6%,34.0% and 0.2%. All kinds of intoxication, drug reaction and anaphylactic reaction are the main cause of death.Conclusions:1. The number of children's unintentional injury hospitalization increased year by year over the past 5 years in Hunan Children's Hospital.2. The male, rural, and 0-3-year-old children are the major hospitalization in Hunan Children's hospital.3. The spine damage, skin damage, blood vessel damage, entry of foreign matter, shoulder injuries and upper extremity injuries located in the top three of all types of accidental injury.