Investigation on injuries of mountainy inhabitants in Anhui province

  Objective   To research on the injuries of the mountainy inhabitants in Anhui for finding out the present situation of injuries among the mountainy inhabitants and to provide a basis for injuries prevention and healthiness education.

  Methods   Acluster sampling study on the condition of injuries was conducted among 11.128 mountainy inhabitants in a whole year.

  Results   The overall incidence of injuries was 13.04%.There were 13.95% injuries living in village and 10.67% in town.The incidence of injuries was significantly different between inhabitants of different areas, sexes, ages, jobs and education level(P < 0.01).The top three types of injuries were sharp or blunt tool wounds, falls and traffic injuries, respectively, total ratio of which covered 48.86%.The main reason which caused the injuries was labour and the secondary reasons were playing and housework.Because of the injuries the disabled covered 10.07 and the mortality rate was 3.68 in this area.

  Conclusion   For the high rate of injuries, some preventive measures should be preliminarily conducted.