Analysis of injury cases in community health service centers in Songjiang district, Shanghai

ObjectiveTo investigate the epidemiological features of injury cases in the community health service centers in Songjiang district, provide the scientific evidence for the prevention and control of injury. MethodsFourteen community health service centers were selected as sentinel surveillance spots, the injury cases treated there for the first time from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008 were analyzed. ResultsA total of 11 162 injury cases were analyzed. The male-to-female ratio of the cases was 2.44∶1. The percentage of injury occurred in the people aged 25-44 years old was highest (40.92%) of the total cases, the injury cases occurred in summer was highest (30.11%), and the cases occurred in June accounted for 10.82% of the total cases. Unintentional injury accounted for 96.72% of the total cases. Most cases(96.28%) were slightly injured. The first four causes of injury were mechanical accident, falling down, non-motor vehicle traffic accident and motor vehicle traffic accident. ConclusionYoung adults were the major population affected by injury. Mechanical accidents, falling down and traffic accident are the priority injury causes to be avoided.