Objective To investigate the causes and distribution of injury fatality in residents in Taizhou of Zhejiang Province in 2013, and to provide evidence for making injury prevention strategy.
Methods The fatality data of Taizhou of Zhejiang Province was collected from the Zhejiang Noninfectious Chronic Diseases Surveillance Information Management System in 2013. Descriptive statistical analysis was conducted using DeathReg 2005 and SPSS 13.0.
Results The injury mortality in Taizhou of Zhejiang Province in 2013 was 63.91/105, and the injury fatalities accounted for 11.05% of the total fatalities, ranking the 5th in all death causes and the 2nd by the years of potential life lost (YPLL). The gender specific crude death rate (CDR) and standardized mortality rate (SMR) were 75.65/105 and 73.44/105 respectively in the males and 51.54/105 and 48.43/105 respectively in the females. The injury mortality was 65.53/105 in urban area and 63.32/105 in rural area. The leading five events of injury fatalities were accidental fall, motor vehicle traffic accident, drowning, suicide, and other accident/adverse effect. Asphyxia was the leading death cause in the 0-year old age group. Drowning was the leading death cause in the 1-14 years old age group, accounting for 43.05% of the injury fatalities in this age group. Motor vehicle traffic accident was the leading death cause in the 15-64 years old age group, accounting for 33.14% of the injury fatalities in this age group. Accidental fall was the leading death cause in 65-years old age group, accounting for 49.48% of the injury fatalities in this age group.
Conclusion Injury has become one of the major death causes in Taizhou of Zhejiang Province. It is urgent to develop effective control strategies and conduct comprehensive prevention and control actions according to the characteristics of injury fatality in specific age groups.
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