Mortality of road traffic injury among children aged 0-14 years by provinces in China from 1990 to 2015

Objective To understand the current status and trend of the mortality of road traffic injury among children aged 0-14 years in different gender, age groups and provinces in China from 1990 to 2015, so as to make clusters and provide prevention and control strategies. Methods Data of road traffic injury mortality in China from 1990 to 2015 were collected from global disease burden 2015 to explore current status of road traffic injury among children aged 0-14 years and to calculate the relative change and the annual percent changes from 1990 to 2015. The potential number of clusters of provinces was analyzed by adopting k-median cluster analysis. Results In 2015, the mortality rate of road traffic injury in boys aged 0-14 years was higher than that in girls at the same age range. The mortality rate in the children aged less than 5 years old was higher than that in older age groups. From 1990 to 2015, there was a significant decline in the mortality rate of road traffic injury among children aged 0-14 years in different gender, age groups and provinces. The extent of decline was comparable between boys and girls, but higher in younger children. The highest and lowest extent of decline was observed in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Anhui Province respectively. There were four different clusters for all provinces according to the current status and trend of road traffic injury among children aged 0-14 years. Conclusions There was a significant decline in the mortality rate of road traffic injury among children aged 0-14 years in different gender, age groups and provinces in China from 1990 to 2015. However, road traffic injury is still a severe threaten for children in China. More attention should be paid on young boys in some provinces when conducting child road traffic injury intervention and control programs.