Abstract
BackgroundAs the fourth leading cause of death, injury is an important public health concern in Guangdong Province, China. The epidemiological characteristics of injury mortality is changing along with the social development. This study described the epidemiological characteristics of injury mortality in Guangdong Province by analyzing the death surveillance data in a few areas in Guangdong Province in 2015.MethodsUsing the mortality data from the Disease Surveillance Points (DSP) system, injury deaths were classified according to the International Classification of Disease-10th Revision (ICD-10). The data were stratified by areas (urban/rural), gender, age groups, injury types, and then overall and type-specific injury mortality rates were estimated for the whole Guangdong Province, China.ResultsWe estimated that about 38,200 individuals died from injury in Guangdong Province in 2015, producing a mortality rate of 43.11/100,000. The overall age-standardized injury mortality in men was higher in rural areas compared with urban areas (41.29/100,000 versus 24.89/100,000). In terms of injury intent, unintentional injuries were the commonnest injury type, which accounted for 83.93% of the overall injury deaths, however, the deaths caused by suicide should not be ignored, which occupied 12.67% of the total injury deaths. In terms of injury cause type, falls, road-traffic accidents, suicide, drowning, and accidental poisoning were the top five leading types of injury deaths.ConclusionsIn Guangdong Province, injury is an important cause of death. Road-traffic accidents, falls, suicide, drowning, and accidental poisoning should be the priorities of intervention. Moreover, in rural areas, the men were the most targeted subpopulation of the prevention activities.
Highlights
As the fourth leading cause of death, injury is an important public health concern in Guangdong Province, China
Mortality rate About 38,200 individuals died from injury in Guangdong Province in 2015
In the current study, we provided a comprehensive description of the injury mortality pattern using the latest and most representative data in Guangdong Province, China
Summary
As the fourth leading cause of death, injury is an important public health concern in Guangdong Province, China. China has experienced dramatic changes in lifestyle, environment and economy (Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased about 7% per year since 2012). All these changes have substantially resulted in changes in the injury mortality pattern [5, 6]. The leading causes of injury death cis-position was suicide, road-traffic injury, drowning, Meng et al BMC Public Health (2019) 19:142 falls in rural area, whereas, it was road-traffic injury, falls, suicide and drowning in urban areas of Hubei Province, China [7]
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