Trends and external causes of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury mortality in south China, 2014-2018: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The epidemiological evidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) mortality in mainland China is lacking. We aimed to assess the trends of TBI and SCI mortality, and their association with sex, age, location and external causes of injury in south China.

Methods

Mortality data were derived from the Disease Surveillance Points (DSPs) system of Guangdong province between 2014 and 2018. We examined the trends in mortality with Cochran-Armitage trend test, and the association between the socio-demographic factors and the TBI and SCI mortality by using negative binomial models. Subgroup analysis was performed by stratifying the external causes of TBI and SCI.

Results

The age-standardized TBI mortality remained relatively stable (from 11.6

SUBMITTER: Zheng XY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8653562 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature