[Study on head injuries through data from the National Injury Surveillance System of China, 2013].

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%). CONCLUSION: 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.