Journal of Trauma & Treatment

Wei Li

Publications

• Research Article
  Trends in Childhood Injury Mortality in Tianjin, China 1999-2008: Sex, Age, and Geography Disparities
  
  Author(s): Guohong Jiang, Dezheng Wang, Wei Li, Hui Zhang, Zhuo Wang and Wenlong ZhengGuohong Jiang, Dezheng Wang, Wei Li, Hui Zhang, Zhuo Wang and Wenlong Zheng
  
  Objectives: To examine the differences between the injury and poisoning related death rates and leading cause among childhood by sex, age, and urban/rural areas so that the effective methods will be implemented to control the priorities of childhood injury in Tianjin. Methods: Annual all-cause of death records for 1999-2008 provided demographic data of injury mortality including sex, age, and geography, and cause of death. Trend analyses were conducted using linear regression. Results: From 1999-2008, the injury and poisoning related death was the first leading cause of  childhood. The injury mortality rates of children remained around 10-15/100,000 while death rates of male and rural were twofour times more than that in female and urban, also much higher than the total. The unintentional injury was up to over 75% i.. Read More»
  

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