TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Violence prevalence and prevention status in China
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - Gao, Xin
A1  - Ye, Pengpeng
A1  - Er, Yuliang
A1  - Jin, Ye
A1  - Wang, Linhong
A1  - Duan, Leilei
SP  - 67
EP  - 73
VL  - 25
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence status of violence and its prevention in China, and to provide reference for the development of strategies regarding violence prevention. <br><br>METHODS: Violence mortality data between 2006 and 2015 were obtained from the national disease/death surveillance data set in 2006-2015. Data on violence-related medical cases were collected from the 2015 National Injury Surveillance System. The laws and policies about violence prevention and violence prevention programmes in China were described. <br><br>RESULTS: Violence mortality declined by 57.02% during 2006-2015 from 1.21/100 000 to 0.52/100 000. Violent death rate in males peaked in the age group 25-29 years (1.05/100 000) and it was low in the age group <15 years. Female violence mortality rate peaked during infancy (0.54/100 000), aged 25-29 (0.53/100 000) and age above 85 (0.98/100 000). The laws and policies about violence prevention were more perfect, while most prevention programmes were limited in scale and duration. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The mortality of violence declined in China during 2006-2015. It is necessary to conduct gender-specific prevention strategies and improve the data collection and prevention service.<br><br>© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042593
ID  - ref1
ER  -