title: [An epidemiological survey on the incidence of non-fatal injury and influencing factors among children under 5 years old in China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the incidence of non-fatal injuries and related influencing factors among children under 5 years old in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data involving 10 819 children under 5 years old was from the Fourth National Health Service Survey of China. Injury-related indicators include: history of ever having had an injury, its frequency, cause, location and severity of the injury. A two-level Poisson regression was used to examine the significance of related socio-economic variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall incidence rate of nonfatal injuries among children under 5 years old was 16.0 per 1000 population in the prior 12 months. The first three leading causes of non-fatal injuries were falls, animal bite, fire/burn among children under 1 year old, with the rates as 3.9, 1.8 and 1.8 per 1000 population, respectively. For children aged 1 to 4 years old, the first three leading causes were animal bite, fall, fire/burn with rates as 6.5, 6.0 and 2.9 per 1000 population, respectively. 83.0% and 69.0% of last injuries occurred at home for the above said two age groups. No disability was found among children younger than 1 year old who suffered from a nonfatal injury while for the 1 - 4 age group, the disability accounted for 1.0% of injury-induced outcomes. After adjusting other variables, boys had 1.57 times the risk of injury compared with girls in the 1 - 4 age group (P < 0.05). The differences on the effects regarding ethnicity, per capita household income, and place were insignificant (P > 0.05). None of the socio-economic variables was found that significantly related to the non-fatal injury risk among children under 1 year old (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of nonfatal injuries among children under 5 years old was 16.0 per 1000 population in the prior 12 months. The three leading causes of injuries were animal bite, falls, fire/burn respectively. Home was the most common place that non-fatal injuries occurred. Boys had a higher risk of injury compared with girls among children aged 1 to 4 years old and the difference was significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Guo-qing
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Song-lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Qi-qi
authors.initials: QQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tian-mu
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ai-chun
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Qiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*