The epidemiological features of injury reported by hospital 0-14 children in Tianjin 2014

Objective To understand the current situation and epidemiological features of children injury aged 0-14 reported by hospital in Tianjin. Methods Data was collected from the Injury Case Surveillance System which covered all over Tianjin. Data on the first cases of injuries reported by 241 sentinel hospitals from January to December 2014 was collected. Results A total of 34 297 cases of injuries were reported among children aged from 0-14 years old. The incidence rate was 2 710.06(/100 000). The incidence rate of male was 3 319.66(/100 000) and female was 2 032.29(/100 000)(χ²=1 983.329, P<0.001). The incidence rate of 0-years was 2 613.42(/100 000),5-years was 2 780.43(/100 000), 10-14 years was 2 757.61(/100 000) (χ²=28.242, P<0.001). Injuries occured most at home (47.92%), the most injury part was head & face (9 787, 28.5%), followed by wrist & hands (8 009, 23.4%). 76.3% was mild injury. Among the 24 injuries, the top five were:fall down 42.44% (incidence rate 1 150.10/100 000), animal injury 20.63% (incidence rate 559.13/100 000), traffic injury including non-motor vehicle and motor vehicle 9.16%, crushing 5.58% (incidence 151.24/100 000), blunt force injury 4.06% (incidence rate 109.99/100 000). The injuries occurred in May (10.05%) and in September (9.90%). The highest quarter was the second quarter (29.23%). And different types of injuries were distributed differently over the year. Conclusions Child injury prevention should be more focused on boys aged 5-years, especially in May and September. Publicity on falls, animal injuries and traffic accidents should be particularly strengthened.