title: [Study on head injuries through data from the National Injury Surveillance System of China, 2013].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the epidemiological characteristics of head injuries through data from the Chinese National Injury Surveillance System (NISS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive analysis was applied to display the overall trend of head injuries in 2013 in NISS and to depict general information, events and clinical characteristics of head injuries with SPSS 19.0 software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 2013, 195 189 cases of head injuries were collected, males were twice higher than females, with 25.19% of them under 30-44 years of age. The three leading causes responsible for head injuries were falls (42.17%), blunt force injuries (27.46%) and road traffic injury (23.33%). Main locations causing head injuries were in road/street (31.41%), at home (25.02%) and public places (17.17%). Recreation activates (54.22%), driving (19.73%), paid work (12.95%) were the three major activities when injuries took place. Majority of the cases belonged to unintentional (86.79%) with bruise injuries (65.18%). Those mild injuries (78.87%) were treated and discharged (82.02%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In 2013, head injuries were seen more in males than in females, mostly involved in labor force population on head injuries. The leading causes for head injuries were falls, blunt injuries and road traffic.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Cuirong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China; Email: leileiduan@vip.sina.com.
authors.forename: Leilei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.affiliation: National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Linhong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Gannan Medical University.
authors.forename: Chunmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Yuliang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Er
authors.affiliation: National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Pengpeng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004651:Employment; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012984:Software; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000453:epidemiology