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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 3 Epidemiological studies orthopedic trauma [Keywords:] orthopedic trauma epidemiology With the industrial, transportation and construction industry rapid development, followed by industrial accidents, traffic accidents, natural disasters have increased, orthopedic trauma patients have also increased, especially in patients with severe growth rate. With the wounds left behind by the increase in disability will not only result in loss of potential years of life, but also has become a major public health problem of concern. At the same time society recognized the orthopedic trauma brought about huge economic losses, such as a single upper extremity injuries, upper limb injury in 1980 caused the United States for economic losses, more than 10 billion U.S. dollars, of which 3.08 billion are direct costs such as medical expenses; and reduction in income, production losses and compensation for indirect costs such as high as 7.03 billion for the direct loss of 2 times. These problems show the need for orthopedic trauma epidemiological studies, its orthopedic trauma prevention and the importance of pre-hospital emergency. Orthopedic trauma are epidemiological studies in recent years are summarized as follows: An epidemiological study of risk factors for orthopedic trauma 1.1 The cause of orthopedic trauma epidemiological study From the orthopedic trauma causes of view, primarily due to traffic accidents, accounting for 45.0%; followed by falls or slips, accounting for 29.5%; followed by falling buildings, accounting for 7.1% [1]. Caused by fractures in traffic injury is concerned, middle-aged male-dominated, motor vehicles are the main cause of casualties in each of 1 to 2 months and 7 ~ October is the peak period traffic injury occurred. However, 70 years of age or older (mostly women) mainly due to fall orthopedic trauma, the main risk factor is the poor living conditions (indoor lighting dark, narrow stairs), the elderly living alone,