Analysis on injury-related deaths in Haidian district of Beijing, 2010–2015

ObjectiveTo understand level, causes and distribution of injury-related deaths in Haidian district of Beijing.

MethodsThis statistical analysis was based on death surveillance data in Haidian from 2010 to 2015. The death causes were classified according to ICD-10, and the data were analyzed with software Excel 2016 and SPSS 19.0.

ResultsA total of 1 608 injury-related deaths were reported in Haidian during 2010–2015, the average annual mortality rate was 11.67/100 000, ranking 6^th in all death causes. The injury related mortality rate in males was 13.14/100 000, significant higher than that in females (10.18/100 000) (χ²＝25.305, P＜0.05). The first three leading injury related death causes were accidental fall (43.16%), traffic accident of motor vehicle (20.90%) and suicide (3.98%). Accidental fall occurred mainly in the elderly aged ≥65 years, accounting for 86.46%. The mortality rate of accident fall increased with age in both males and females, the differences were significant indicated by trend χ² test (χ²＝1 466.648, P＜0.05, χ²＝1 506.781, P＜0.05).

ConclusionInjury is one of the major death causes in residents in Haidian. The injury mortality rate is higher in males than in females, it is necessary to strengthen the intervention and prevention in males. Fall mainly occurs in the elderly, the prevention and control of fall in older adults need to be strengthened.