Abstract:Objective To synthetically evaluate the mortality of injuries among the elderly in China so as to provide a basis for prevention of injuries in the elderly.Methods The published articles about the injury mortality in the elderly in China from 2007 to 2017 were collected from China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Databases, Chinese Biological and Medical Database (CBM), VIP Information Resource System and PubMed Databases. Meta-analysis was used to calculate the combined injury mortality, subgroup analysis was conducted according to genders and urban & rural areas, and sensitivity analysis and bias evaluation of the results were performed.Results Twenty-three valid articles were included, with a total sample size of 32,591,537 senior citizens. The combined injury mortality of the elderly was 173.93/100,000 (95%CI:155.20/100,000-192.67/100,000). The injury mortality was higher in the male elderly than in the female elderly (178.92/100,000 vs. 159.08/100,000) as well as higher in the rural elderly than in the urban elderly (244.27/100,000 vs. 164.34/100,000), showing statistically significant differences (both P<0.001).Conclusions The injury mortality of the elderly in China is at a high level, and there are differences between gendersas well as between urban and rural areas. It is necessary to adopt targeted intervention measures so as to reduce their injury mortality.
陈东冉,王舒玥,尹超,尹亚萍,谢志平, 韩云峰. 我国老年人伤害死亡率的meta分析[J]. 实用预防医学, 2019, 26(7): 812-814.
CHEN Dong-ran, WANG Shu-yue, YIN Chao, YIN Ya-ping, XIE Zhi-ping, HAN Yun-feng. Mortality of injuries among the elderly in China: a meta-analysis. , 2019, 26(7): 812-814.