Abstract
Objective To investigate the epidemiological features and risk factors of road traffic injury in Beijing. Methods Data of road traffic injuries of Beijing Changping Hospital in 2010 was collected for statistical analysis of the epidemiological features. Results A total of 990 cases of road traffic injuries were treated in Beijing Changping Hospital in 2010,with a male/female ratio of 2.57:1 and at average age of 45 yeats.There were 21 cases aged ＜ 18 years,703 cases aged 18-55 years and 266 cases aged ≥56 years.Self-employed individuals and fanning production staffs were the risky population that were easily subjected to road traffic injuries.Summer and autumn were the accident-prone seasons.The most common injury site was the lower limbs,next with the neck and head.The hospital stay was mainly in a range of 5-10 days (12.8 days on average). Conclusions Male self-employed individuals and agricultural producers are the high-risk groups of road traffie accidents in the area,where shows a high occurrence of road traffic accidents in the summer and autumn.Thereby,traffic safety education and prevention-control measures based on these characteristics should be carried out to effectively reduce the number and severity of the local traffic injuries. Key words: Accidents,traffic; Epidemiology; Beijing
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