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[Analysis on the characteristics of violence based on data from the Chinese National Injury Surveillance System from
Xin Gao1, Pengpeng Ye1, Yuliang Er1
1National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Objective:
To understand the characteristics of victims under violence that were enrolled from clinic and emergency room of the hospitals, to provide basis for the development of violence prevention strategies.
Methods:
Data from the National Injury Surveillance Program between 2006 and 2013 were used to analyze: 1) trend of violence proportion in injuries, 2) socio-demographic characteristics of the cases, 3)basic and clinic information on related violence.
Results:
The proportion of victims of violence decreased during the past 8 years. The number of violence related cases in 2013 was 50 333, including 36 049 males and 14 284 females. Most cases had educational levels as junior (41.2%) or senior high schools (27.3%). 24.0% of the violence occurred between 22:00 PM and 02:59 AM. The proportions of domestic violence were 30.2% in the 0-4 age group and 28.5% in the 65- age group, both were higher than in the other age groups.
Conclusion:
Interventions on violence including children abuse and elderly abuse should be paid attention to.