Objective: To understand of characteristics and burden of injuries in people living in Shenzhen.
Methods: A cluster sample on the condition was conducted through house hold questionnaire administration among 11,576 inhabitant during the period of December 1999 to 2000 in Shenzhen city, Guangdong province.
Results: The overall incidence of injuries was 7.07%. Accident, fallings, collision wounds were the first three injures. The standard mortality of injuries was 54.13/10(5). The burden of person family and society were hospital fee-for-service induce unemployment, and so on. Mind burden gave priority to be down in spirits, it occupied to 31.62%.
Conclusions: The incidence of injury were higher in Shenzhen inhabitant, and its burden be weighter, and the incidence of inhabitant with temporary cards was higher than inhabitants with resident cards. Therefore it is very important that prevention and control of injury would be enhancing.