Objective To understand the basic profile of children’s health checkups in Chongqing by analyzing the information of age

gender

type of checkup

region

and cost of checkups of children who actively visit a children’s hospital in Chongqing

and to provide reference for the development of children’s health checkup programs. Methods The medical examination data of 34 219 cases of children who visited a children’s hospital in Chongqing for health checkups from December 2016 to May 2020 were collected and retrospectively analyzed. Results There were 11 416 cases（33.36%） in the group of children aged 3 to 6 years old

17 075 cases（49.90%） in the group aged 6 to 12 years old

and 4 253 cases（12.43%） in the group aged 12 to 18 years old; 19 268 cases（56.31%） were boys and 14 951 cases（43.69%） were girls. The number of children who had health checkups greater than or equal to 2 times during this study was 5 042

of which 1 907 children（37.82%） were rechecked and 3 135 children（62.18%） had routine checkups again. The top 3 areas of distribution of children with health checkups（in order of number of children） were Yubei district

other cities

and other districts and counties within Chongqing. The average cost of health checkups for children with health checkups in each year from 2016 to 2020 was RMB 675

RMB 907

RMB 684

RMB 597

and RMB 612

respectively

and the average cost of health checkups for children during this study period was RMB 695. Conclusion Children’s health checkups are influenced by various aspects such as gender

age

region

family

economy and society; therefore

we need to strengthen the health awareness of children

parents and the whole society in the process of health management; in addition

children’s health management departments need to think about how to develop reasonable health management programs to better serve children’s health checkups.