Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi
September 2011
Objective: To analyze the epidemiology status and risk factors of disabilities caused by injury in Guangdong province.
Methods: Stratified multi-stage cluster sampling was used to identify 1530 subjects with disabilities (among them, 415 disabilities caused by injury), in the villages or districts in the four regions of Guangzhou, Qingyuan, Zhaoqing and Huizhou in 2010. Subjects were interviewed by trained staff with self-made questionnaires about the status of the disabled, then 415 disabled caused by injury were interviewed about the process of the injury causing disability.