An epidemiological analysis on the measles epidemics in the Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou City from 2000 to 2004

Objective This analysis was made to gain an insight into the epidemiological characteristics of measles in the Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou City in recent years in order to better control future epidemics．Methods An epidemiological analysis was made Off the cases of measles diagnosed based on clinical manifestations and serological study．Results It was found that sporadic epidemics of measles were dominant with occasional outbreaks in the Xiaoshan district．There was all increasing trend in the incidence of the epidemic among the floating population．The peak season of the disease was from Feb．To Jun．With infants less than 1 year of age predominantly affected．Those aged 5 to 9 months accounted for 92.31％ of the cases 1ess than 1 year of age．Children aged over 1 year and school-age children among the floating population were predominantly affected．Of the cases under the age of 15 years (not including infants under 8 months of age)，those who had no history of immunization among the permanent residents and floating population accounted for 39.19％ and 65.12％ respectively．With the percentage of cases from the floating population significantly higher than that from the permanent residents．Conclusion Emphasis is to be placed on the continuous reinforcement of routine immunization；the maintenance of the high rates of immunization coverage and success；the management of immunization for floating children；and the elimination of blank immunization among the floating population in the prevention and control of measles in xiaoshan district．Objective The study was designed to get insight into the characteristic of injury-related death of different age groups in Ningbo City in order to provide basis for intervention measures．Methods The methods of descriptive epidemiology were used to analyze the status of injury-related death for the data in the death registration system in Ningbo City from 2002 to 2004．Results The average mortality of injury-related deam in Ningbo City from 2002 to 2004 was 61.13 per lakh，and men had higher injury mortality than women．The injury mortality of boys were about 2-fold as high as that of girls．Mechanical asphyxia was the leading cause in infants and drowning and traffic accidences were the top two causes of injury-related deaths in children aged 0-14 years，and suicide was the second cause of injury-related death in women of childbearing age，more in women with low educational level．Unintentional falls was the leading cause of injury-related deaths in the aged，with mortality of 84.43 per lakh．The injury-death caused by work accidents in male labors accounted for 7.15％．Of which the majority were from fishing boat accidents and unintentional falls．Conclusion Prevention and control should be implemented based on the death characteristic of different age groups．