Injury Prevention
Volume 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 68-71

Excessive fatal injury among migrant children in China: Inequities in safety (Article)

Lin G.* , Zhang X. , Dong H. , Shen J. , Li K. , Zhou Q.
  • a Department of Vital Statistics, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
  • b Department of Vital Statistics, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
  • c Department of Vital Statistics, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
  • d Department of Vital Statistics, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
  • e Department of Vital Statistics, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China
  • f Department of Vital Statistics, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China

Abstract

The wide variability in economic development levels among different regions in China results in the migration of millions of households to more developed areas. Death records from 2008 to 2012 of children aged 0–17 years old from the vital surveillance system of Guangzhou were used to determine if death rates were different for resident and migrant children. A total of 1358 injury-related deaths were identified with rates rising slightly from 2008 to 2012 both in resident and migrant populations. The total crude incidence rate of injury death was significantly higher among migrant households (29.50/100 000) compared with resident households (8.42/100 000). The adjusted rate in migrant households was 3.50 (95% CI 3.14 to 3.89) times higher than in resident households. Drowning and traffic crashes represented the most common causes of death and residences were the most frequent site of injury-related death for both groups of children. Migrant children were at a significantly higher risk of injury-related mortality compared with local resident children. © 2016 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.

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Index Keywords

urban population China health disparity Health Status Disparities Wounds and Injuries human epidemiology injury statistics and numerical data Accidents, Traffic drowning Humans Adolescent male preschool child female safety Infant Child, Preschool standards Incidence migration Transients and Migrants traffic accident mortality Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84955403221&doi=10.1136%2finjuryprev-2014-041270&partnerID=40&md5=84090f2eaf308cb025d57010e68cc4b3
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2014-041270
ISSN: 13538047
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English