Injury incidence among school children in Bengbu city

Objective To know the situation of injury and injury-induced disability among school children in Bengbu city of Anhui province.Methods Aretospective study on the situation of injuries during 2007 was conducted among 738 cases who were selected by means of stratified cluster sampling.Results The incidence rate of injury was 36.86%.Further analys is showed that the injury prevalence among school children was associated with age,with a peak injunior high school students(41.21%).Home and campus were common places of the injury occurrence.The leading three tpyes of injuries were falls(54.68%),knife-cutting or sharp weapon hurt(17.25%)and burn/scalds(9.15%),which usually occurred due to carelessness in sports,cutting fruit and working.Most injuries were mild(58.46%).There were 113(21.49%)injured cases with visiting of clinics or emergency department in hospitals for treatment and 207(44.14%)simply dealing with the injury by them selves.There were 63(23.16%)injuried pupils with transient disability and 1.84% of the injured pupils reported an injury in the last year that interfered with their studies,work or other regular dailyactivities for at least 1 month.Conclusion The rate of injury among school children is high.Safe management and education should be strengthened in order to prevent injuries among school children.