[Analysis of causes of accidental deaths in several districts of Sichuan province].
The causes of accidental deaths from 1981 to 1988, including drowning, traffic accident, poisonning, child asphyxia, hitting, electric shock, fire and explosion in two cities and six districts of Sichuan Province were analysed. The average mortality from accidental death was 35. 58/10(5). Drowning and traffic death stood first and constituted 65.55% of the accidental deaths. Drowning, traffic death, poisoning and hitting death were more frequent in the male (P < 0.05). The mortality from traffic accident in the city was higher than that in the countryside. The mortality from drowning, child asphyxia and hitting in the city was lower than that in the countryside (P < 0.05).
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D000059:Accidents / Q000401:mortality*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004332:Drowning / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012423:Rural Health; D012737:Sex Factors; D014504:Urban Health