title: [Monitoring on injuries in Jiangsu sentinel hospitals, from 2006 to 2013].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the characteristics on injuries, using data from the Jiangsu sentinel hospitals, from 2006 to 2013, to develop a injury prevention strategy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data was collected from the 'National Injury Monitoring Report Card' of six sentinel hospitals from two surveillance points from 2006 to 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Information from 448 778 cases was analyzed. The numbers of male cases outnumbered the females, with sex ratio as 1.72:1. The top five causes of injuries were as follows: falls (27.21%), traffic-related (26.23%), blunt (17.50%), knife/sharp instrument (13.87%) and animal injury (6.59%). Injuries mainly occurred in June, July and August, at 8 to 10 O'clock in the morning. The major places where injuries occurred were road/street (31.58%), home (23.47%), industries and construction sites (21.38%). Recreation activities (36.12%), driving vehicle (25.26%), and at work (24.78%) were the major activities when injuries took place. Most injury cases were unintentional (92.65%) and deliberately (violence/attack) (6.36%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All the injuries showed an yearly increase, from 2006 to 2013, with main causes as falls and traffic-related ones. Injuries among teenagers and the elderly should be paid special attention to, with targeted interventions taken.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors.forename: Wencong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors.forename: Jinyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors.forename: Yongqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Pukou Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Zhan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Zhangjiagang Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Lixia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210029, China; Email: jswuming@vip.sina.com.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D001334:Automobile Driving; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011998:Recreation; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D014754:Violence; D017132:Workplace; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*