title: [Study on the status of unintentional injuries in children under age 7 in Guangzhou].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the prevalence and distribution of unintentional injuries in children under age 7 in Guangzhou.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data was descriptively analyzed from the Guangzhou Unintentional Injuries Surveillance System among 470 770 children under age 7 living scatter or collectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence rates of unintentional injuries among children in Guangzhou was 1.48%, among which the incidence rates were: living scatter as 1.11% living collectively as 1.66%, living in urban areas as 1.36% in rural as 2.52%. In order, the proportion of main causes of children's unintentional injuries were as follows: falls (70.54%), animal injuries (8.48%), burn and scald (5.75%), blunt force injuries (3.92%), and road traffic injuries (RTIs) (3.48%). The main body parts being injured were head and face (60.00%), wrist and hand (15.48%), knee and leg (11.70%), elbow and forearm (4.54%), shoulder and arm (2.99%). The degrees of children's unintentional injuries were as follows: mild impairment (85.35%), moderate impairment (9.12%), and severe impairment (0.57%). Places that the patients went were as follows: hospital outpatient department or emergency room (49.66%), inpatient department or ICU (2.06%), home and kindergarten (43.34%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The overall incidence rate of children's unintentional injuries under age 7 in Guangzhou was 1.48%, with main causes as fall, animal injuries, burn and scald, blunt force injuries, and RTIs. There were considerable differences of characteristics and distributions on age and areas among the patients.
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center, Guangzhou 510180, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Yan-fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Fang-ling
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Sui-fang
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*