Trends of injury mortality during the COVID-19 period in Guangdong, China: a population-based retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to ascertain the trends of injury mortality during the COVID-19 period in southern China.

Methods

We conducted a population-based retrospective analysis to compare the mortality changes of all-cause injury and transport injuries, poisoning, falls, fire/heat/hot substances, drowning, self-harm and interpersonal violence, which were further stratified by sex and age. Comparisons were made between the COVID-19 period (between January 2020 and June 2020) and control period (between January 2019 and June 2019) in Guangdong province. We used the negative binomial models to explore the associations of deaths during the COVID-19 period, according to the different sex and age strata.

Results

The all-cause injury mortality in Guangdong province decreased sign

SUBMITTER: Zheng XY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8182756 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature