Table 3 The relationship between the types of injury with gender and age (n = 87)
From: Pattern of childhood ocular morbidity in rural eye hospital, Central Ethiopia
Type of ocular injury | Sex | Age (years) | Total no of patients (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | F | 0 – 5 | 6 – 10 | 11 – 15 | ||
Contusion | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 (23) |
Superficial FB | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 (11.5) |
Adenxal/lacrimal Laceration | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 (9.2) |
Corneal Burn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 (2.3) |
Partial thickness wound | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 (13.8) |
Rupture | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (1.1) |
Penetration | ||||||
Corneal | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 (20.7) |
Scleral | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 (5.8) |
Corneo-scleral | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 (10.3) |
Perforating | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (1.1) |
IOFB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1.1) |
Total | 64 (73.6%) | 23 (26.4%) | 20 (23%) | 27 (31%) | 40 (46%) | 87 (100) |