title: Demographic Factors Associated With Leading Causes of Injury Mortality in Ningbo, China: 2004-2013.
abstract: Injuries have emerged as a crucial public health concern in China. Data were obtained from the death registry system in Ningbo during 2004-2013. Mortality rates resulting from all injuries and the 6 most common types of injuries were analyzed to identify time trends using linear regression models on both the absolute scale and log scale. A decreased male to female ratio and increasing age were observed among the total injury deaths. The annual all-injury mortality rates declined considerably during the observation period. Injury mortality rates for motor vehicle traffic crashes, drowning, and suicide all showed a deceasing trend; however, only mortality from falls showed an increasing trend. There was a sharp increasing trend among females, with a disproportionate number of falls. The injury patterns in Ningbo are mostly comparable to those in high-income countries. Appropriate preventive strategies should be urgently tailored to control this aggressive evolution in older individuals and females.
authors.affiliation: Ningbo Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhejiang Province, P R China.
authors.forename: Yinchao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Ningbo Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhejiang Province, P R China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Ningbo Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhejiang Province, P R China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Ningbo Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhejiang Province, P R China xugz2015@outlook.com.
authors.forename: Guozhang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003644:Death Certificates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: China; epidemiology; health inequality; injury; mortality rate