title: [Analysis on the characteristics of injuries from the Chinese National Injury Surveillance System].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the injury characteristics, using data from the National Injury Surveillance System (NISS), 2006 to 2008, to develop a injury prevention strategy.
  
  
  METHODS
  129 hospitals from 43 surveillance points in NISS were selected according to the DSP sample framework, also considering the capacity of local CDC.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Relative information on 1 318 739 cases were analyzed. The number of male cases were more than the females. The top three causes of injuries were as follows: falls (28.02%, 29.36%, 30.12%), traffic-related (23.07%, 21.61%, 21.44%) and blunt injuries (21.46%, 21.17%, 20.59%). The major places where injuries occurred were: road/street (29.80%, 27.73%, 28.37%) and at home (21.51%, 22.80%, 24.02%). Recreation activities (35.63%, 41.93%, 42.13%) and at work (24.43%, 22.60%, 21.44%) were the two major activities when injuries took place. Most injury cases were unintentional (83.81%, 86.32%, 86.71%) and mild (70.42%, 74.79%, 73.90%). Rush hours that caused injuries to happen were between 7 to 10 AM.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Male injury cases were more than females. Falls, road traffic-related and blunt injuries were the major causes, with most of them were unintentional and minor.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Lei-Lei
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Chun-Mei
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Si-Jie
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D011998:Recreation; D014947:Wounds and Injuries; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating