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Epidemiological and social aspects of perforating eye injuries
Author(s) -
Punn Eeva
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1989.tb04098.x
Subject(s) - epidemiology , medicine , eye injuries , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , poison control , pediatrics , surgery , demography , medical emergency , pathology , sociology
. The epidemiology of 387 consecutive perforating eye injuries (PEI) treated at the Helsinki University Eye Hospital in 1980–1986 was evaluated. Eighty‐six percent of patients were males. The age group of 16–45 years predominated among males, 0–15 years among females. The mean age of all patients was 33.7 years. Forty percent of the male injuries were occupational, 38% domestic and 11% caused by assault. The corresponding figures for females were 9%, 53% and 23%, respectively. The occupation groups most often associated with accidents at work were construction (42%) and industry (30%). Five percent of all PEIs were caused by traffic accidents, and 3% were sports‐related. After treatment 91% of the economically active patients were able to return to their pre‐accident work, 4% had to change profession, and 5% became permanendy disabled and unable to work.