[A cross-sectional study on injuries in residents at the community level of Zhejiang].
OBJECTIVE
To study the incidence of injuries among residents living in the communities in Zhejiang.


METHODS
A household questionnaire survey was conducted to 16 899 residents in four communities.


RESULTS
The incidence of injuries was 16.11% in total, higher in urban area than in rural area and higher in men than in women. The leading causes of injuries were falls (4.80%), knife-cutting or by sharp articles (3.86%), traffic accident (2.07%), collision (1.99%), scalds (1.13%) and animal bites (1.06%). Peak incidence of age group was different in different injuries, such as traffic accident was high in 45 - 60 age group and falls was high in 5 and 60 age group. Direct economic loss for each case with injury would cost 324.21 RMB yuan.


CONCLUSIONS
Injury was common and frequently occurred among residents at the community level which seriously on danger their health and families.
Yu
Min
M
Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310009, China.
Cong
Li-ming
LM
Xu
Lai-rong
LR
Xia
Zi-cheng
ZC
Han
Cheng-xing
CX
Ma
Yan
Y
Zhong
Jie-ming
JM
D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000453:epidemiology; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003153:Community Health Services; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality