Epidemiological Analysis of Emergent Public Health Events in Jinhua City Form 2004 to 2006

Objective To understand the epidemiological characteristics of emergent public health events and to provide scientific evidences for effective prevention and control of emergent public health events.Methods A descriptive epidemiological analysis was conducted based on the data of emergent public health events reported in Jinhua during the period of 2004～2006.Results A total of 47 emergent public health events were reported during this period.It was found that infectious disease outbreak and food poisoning were predominant,and most of them took place at countryside.The peak incidence occurred in March,June and August.The events mainly happened among the children aged 5 to 15 years,and students and peasants predominated in terms of occupation distribution.The sensibility and immediateness of emergent public health hazard monitoring report showed a trend of increase year by year.Conclusions Emergent public health events are badly endangering the health and safety of the residents in Jinhua City.Relevant prevention and control measures are put forward through this epidemiological analysis.