Abstract:
Objective To understand the epidemiological characteristics of injury cases in infants and young children aged 0-2 years in Hangzhou during 2009-2015, and provide evidence for the effective prevention and control of injury. Methods The unified record cards were used to register new injury cases in the three sentinel hospitals. EpiData 3.02 software was used to set up the database. Excel 2007 and SPSS 16.0 were used to analyze the gender specific distributions of injury occurring places, injury related activities and injury type or severity in the infants aged 0-2 years in Hangzhou. Results A total of 753 injury cases aged 0-2 years were admitted by three sentinel hospitals. Most injury cases occurred at home and in autumn (32.11%). The majority of the injuries occurred in leisure time 90.48% and during sports. The first 2 types of the injuries were animal attack (38.37%) and fall (31.16%). The mild injury cases accounted for highest proportion (83.27%), followed by moderate injury cases (15.65%). There was significant difference in injury related activities between boys and girls aged 0-2 years (2=19.29,P=0.014). Conclusions More injuries occurred in boys than in girls aged 0-2 years during sports, and injuries mainly occurred in autumn and home. The injuries were mainly caused by animal attack. The proportion of burn/scald was high. According to the local actual situation in Hangzhou, targeted preventive measures, such as early safety education, should be carried out in infants and young children to reduce the incidence of injury.