A study on the characteristic of injury-related death of different age groups in Ningbo City from 2002 to 2004

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．