Rates of mortality due to specific types of injury in children aged 12–59 months in China, stratified by urban/rural residence
| Injury type | 2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | 2012–2013 | 2014–2015 | AADR, % (95% CI) | ||||
| Deaths | Rates* | Deaths | Rates* | Deaths | Rates* | Deaths | Rates* | ||
| Urban residence | |||||||||
| Drowning | 36 | 12.0 | 42 | 11.9 | 35 | 9.2 | 55 | 13.5 | −0.49 (−7.42 to 5.99) |
| Traffic injuries | 32 | 10.8 | 35 | 10.0 | 52 | 13.6 | 46 | 10.4 | 9.94 (1.37 to 17.76) |
| Suffocation | 29 | 9.7 | 18 | 5.1 | 21 | 5.5 | 23 | 7.2 | 6.12 (−9.10 to 19.21) |
| Poisoning | 8 | 2.7 | 12 | 3.6 | 4 | 0.9 | 11 | 2.8 | −1.28 (−10.05 to 6.81) |
| Falls | 21 | 7.0 | 25 | 7.1 | 32 | 8.4 | 31 | 7.6 | −3.79 (−20.83 to 10.85) |
| Rural residence | |||||||||
| Drowning | 474 | 104.8 | 467 | 98.6 | 414 | 87.8 | 370 | 81.2 | 4.41 (2.39 to 6.39) |
| Traffic injuries | 197 | 43.6 | 257 | 54.2 | 241 | 51.1 | 215 | 47.3 | 3.74 (−1.34 to 8.57) |
| Suffocation | 79 | 17.4 | 89 | 18.8 | 68 | 14.5 | 65 | 14.4 | 5.47 (−0.42 to 11.01) |
| Poisoning | 64 | 14.2 | 52 | 11.0 | 47 | 9.9 | 46 | 10.2 | −4.96 (−10.59 to 0.40) |
| Falls | 50 | 11.1 | 77 | 16.2 | 74 | 15.6 | 75 | 16.5 | −0.95 (−6.50 to 4.30) |
| aRR(95%CI)† | |||||||||
| Drowning | 8.66 (6.17,12.16) | 8.26 (6.00,11.38) | 9.58 (6.79,13.58) | 5.89 (4.44,7.81) | – | ||||
| Traffic injuries | 4.03 (2.77,5.86) | 5.43 (3.81,7.73) | 3.70 (2.75,4.98) | 4.16 (3.03,4.70) | – | ||||
| Suffocation | 1.52 (1.00,2.32) | 3.53 (2.03,6.11) | 2.56 (1.54,4.25) | 2.46 (1.51,3.99) | – | ||||
| Poisoning | 2.56 (1.47,4.43) | 1.44 (0.84,2.48) | 1.81 (1.06,3.08) | 1.46 (0.89,2.40) | – | ||||
| Falls | 1.57 (0.94,2.62) | 2.18 (1.38,3.43) | 1.82 (1.20,2.78) | 2.18 (1.44,3.32) | – | ||||
Bold values indicate statistical significance.
* Rate is defined as the number of deaths due to injury per 100 000 live births.
† aRR: Relative risk adjusted by sex, was calculated using urban residence as the reference.
CI, confidence interval ; AADR, average annual decline rate; aRR, adjusted relative risk.