Descriptive Epidemiological Analysis On Injury Deaths In The Residents Of Ningbo

Objectives:To understand the epidemiological characteristics,the trend of change and the harmof injury death,analysis was conducted on the injury death data during2006to2010inNingbo,then to provide evidence for the prevention and control of injury.Methods:Descriptive epidemiological analysis was conducted on the injury death data during2006to2010in Ningbo,that was to calculate mortality,standardized mortality,death proportion toanalyse the trend,order of injury death,and characteristics of distribution by age and gender.Healtheconomic analysis was conducted,including average death age, years of potential lifelost(YPLL),average years of potential life lost(AYPLL),work years of potential lifelost(WYPLL),average work years of potential life lost(AWYPLL),corrected valued years ofpotential life lost(CVYPLL),average corrected valued years of potential life lost(ACVYPLL).Alldata was analysed using EXCEL2003and SPSS17.0.Results:1. In the population during2006to2010in Ningbo,totally175,379deaths reported and the averagemortality was619.87per100thousand.Injury death was the forth cause of death.The number ofinjury death was15,662,accounting for8.93%.2. During2006to2010,the average injury mortality was55.22per100thousand, the standardizedmortality was42.97per100thousand.The mortality showed a decrease during the five years.Inall the causes of injury death,the first four leading causes successively were trafficaccident,falling down,drowning and suicide.The first four leading causes in males were the sameto the total population.In females,the first four leading causes successively were fallingdown,traffic accident,drowning and suicide.3. The causes of injury death were different in different age groups.The primary cause in infantunder one-year old was suffocation.Drowning was the most important cause from1to14yearsold.Traffic accident was the first cause from15to70years old.In the population over than75years old,falling down was the first cause. 4. The injury mortality was higher in males than in females,and higher in village than in city.5. Years of potential life lost(YPLL) of injury death was the second in all death causes.Averageyears of potential life lost(AYPLL) of injury death was27.59years,accounting for35.60%ofthe average expectancy of life. Average work years of potential life lost(AWYPLL) of injurydeath was20.79years,accounting for46.20%of the work years. Average corrected valuedyears of potential life lost(ACVYPLL) was19.21years,accounting for24.79%of the averageexpectancy of life.Conclusions:During2006to2010, the injury mortality was55.22per100thousand, thestandardized mortality was42.97per100thousand.Injury death was the forth death cause.Themortality showed a decrease during the five years. In all the causes of injury death,the first fourleading causes successively were traffic accident,falling down,drowning and suicide.Injurymortality was different by age and gender. Years of potential life lost(YPLL) of injury death wasthe second in all death causes.Injury death has become a main cause influencing the health ofpeople in Ningbo,we should pay attention to it.The prevention and control should be made on thebasis of the characteristics and targeted population of injury death in Ningbo.