[Comparison of data population-based and from hospital-based injuries].
OBJECTIVE
To compare data from an epidemiological survey on injuries with a survey conducted in hospitals on injuries in the same areas and to find out the differences and shortcomings of hospital data in describing the feature of injuries in an area.


METHODS
Comparing the causes and age distributions of injuries from the two surveys.


RESULTS
The first 4 leading causes of injuries from the population-based survey were mechanical injuries, falls, burns/scalds and traffic accidents while the first 4 leading causes of hospital-based survey were traffic accidents, assault, mechanical injuries and burns/scalds. The differences of the age distributions of these leading causes between the two surveys were significant except mechanical injuries.


CONCLUSIONS
Differences were noticed between population-based survey and hospital-based survey. It should be cautions when using hospital data to describe the features of injuries in a certain area.
Zhou
Ling-ni
LN
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Ma
Jie-min
JM
Li
Zhong-jie
ZJ
Chen
Shu-yang
SY
Yang
Gong-huan
GH
D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012423:Rural Health; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*