The causes and structure of child injuries in khabarovsk

Abstract

Injuries, poisoning and other effects of external causes in the structure of morbidity and mortality of children consistently occupy a leading position, the indicators in the Khabarovsk territory exceed the average, while the possibility of effective prevention is limited. Aims: to study the structure, causes and circumstances of injuries in children of Khabarovsk to create the possibility of effective primary prevention. Materials and methods: the analysis 21 081 case cases children in 2018 in hospital Khabarovsk, providing emergency medical care for children with injuries, poisoning, burns. Results: of the study allowed to establish that among children older than 3 years boys prevailed, there are two age peaks of trauma in 1-2 years and 11-14 years, but the largest number of injuries is characteristic of adolescents. According to the circumstances of injury, the children were divided into five groups: street injury – the most frequent type of injury (5 004 children, 40,34 % of cases), increased from 4-5 years of age, reaching a maximum of 10-11 years. Home accident (30,53 %, 3 231 case) had the maximum cases in 1-2 years. Injuries in General education institutions (school, kindergarten) amounted to 14,48 % of cases (1 786 children), there was a peak in 11-14 years, followed by a decrease. Sports injury was 10,90 % (1 497 cases). 143 children (1,65 % of all injuries) were victims of violence and/or hooliganism. Auto-injury was the most rare and amounted to 2,11 % of cases.