Analysis on Epidemic Characteristics of the Injury Death among Residents in Kunming City in 2011

OBJECTIVE Through analysis on epidemic characteristics of the injury death among residents , provide a basis for taking preventive measures. METHODS Using Access/DeathReg 2005 software and Excel to analyse the data of mortality surveillance among residents in Kunming City in 2011. RESULTS There were case 3 222 injury deaths cases totally in Kunming in 2011. The death rate was 60.29/10, accounting for 9.48% of the death toll, on the forth place in the whole death spectrum . The top five among injury death were the traffic accidents, accidental drop, suicide, accidental poisoning and other injuries. Among these male deaths were 2 298 , the mortality rate was 84.85/100 000, Female deaths 924 , the mortality rate was 35.06/100 000.So the male ortality is significantly higher than female (P0.05), which is 2.49 times that of women. Different age and sex had their different cause of injury death. Among children drowning,traffic accidents and accident drop were the main cause of the death.For youth group, traffic accident, suicide and accidental poisoning were the main cause of death.For middle -aged group, traffic accidents, accident drop and suicide were the main cause of death. For old accidental drop, suicide and traffic accidents were the main cause of death. Among these death. urban residents were 725 and the death rate was 33.66/100 000, the rural population death 2 497 , the death rate was 78.28/100 000, which is 3.44 times of urban. Injury caused the potential life lost and the loss was 75 196.50 person-years. The top five of life lost were traffic accidents, accident drop, suicide, accidental poisoning and other damage, which accounted for 36.85% , 12.44%, 11.88%, 10.65% and 6.76% of the total loss of potatial of life lost. CONCLUSIONS Injury has been become the main cause of affecting residents’life safety and has been become the heavy burden to our country, society and the family. So a effective prevention and control strategy should be taken according to injury characteristics of death of different region, age and gender.