Open AccessPrevalence of eye traumas in Baku
Author(s) -
Г.М. Исмаилов,
Исмаилов Гурбан Мейфалы оглы,
A Dzh Rzaeva,
Рзаева Адиля Джалал кызы
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17750/kmj2017-248
Subject(s) - medicine , appendage , population , eye injuries , age groups , male to female , epidemiology , injury prevention , poison control , pediatrics , demography , emergency medicine , environmental health , anatomy , sociology
Aim. To study the prevalence of injuries of the eye and its appendages in Baku depending on the age and gender of the population.
Methods. The study was conducted by continuous monitoring method. Data were collected about all cases of appealing to prevention and treatment facilities of Baku related to injuries of the eye and its appendages during 2014-2015, the structure of traumas was analysed. The patients were divided by gender (3067 females and 8754 males) and age. Frequency of all cases was determined by appealability, and frequency of trauma cases was determined by admission records according to average annual data.
Results. Among all cases of eye traumas during 2014-2015 (11 821 cases) 2.7% (322) of patients were hospitalized. Prevalence of eye and appendages injuries reached 2.68±0.04 per 1000 population. Prevalence of eye and appendages injuries among males and females was 4.00±0.06 and 1.38± 0.04 per 1000, respectively (р=0.001), relative risk of injuries in males compared to females was 2.9.
Conclusion. Prevalence of injuries of eye and appendages of the population of Baku city is relatively low; eye injuries occur 3 times more often in males and are most frequent at the age of 40-49 years in males and 10-19 years in female population; the ratio of admitted eye injury cases among all cases of traumas of eye and its appendages is highest at the age of 0-9 years.