[Systematic review on the rate for injury incident among elementary and middle school students in China].
OBJECTIVE
To obtain the incidence rate of injury in primary and middle school students in China, so as to provide basic information for the development of prevention and control strategy.


METHODS
Systematic review was applied to summarize the published data. After strict inclusion and exclusion, 42 eligible articles were included for analysis.


RESULTS
A total number of 259 994 subjects was studied with 79 995 persons, 127 978 person-time involved in different kinds of injuries with the total incidence rate of 30.77% by person and 49.22% by person-time, respectively. The incidence rates of injury were not statistically significant between primary and middle schools (t = -1.752, P = 0.110) or at different places (F = 1.890, P = 0.120). However, significant differences were found between boys and girls (t = 5.998, P = 0.000). The top three injuries were caused by fall, hurt during sports activities and transportation vehicles.


CONCLUSIONS
Results from the systematic review indicated that the majority of injuries were fall, hurt during sports activities and transportation vehicles among primary and middle school students in China. In order to reduce the incidence of injury, health education and improvement of environment should be particularly strengthened in the future. Injury; Incidence rate; Primary and middle school students in China. In order to reduce the incidence of injury, health education and improvement of environment should be particularly strengthened in the future.
Zhang
Qiong
Q
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100083, China.
Zhan
Si-Yan
SY
D000058:Accidental Falls; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D013177:Sports; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*