Table 1 Characteristics of patients hospitalized with ocular trauma diagnosis over a 5-year period (January 2001–December 2005)
Crude annual hospitalized injuries incidence (per 100,000) | 4.9 |
Urban/rural incidence (per 100,000) | 4.2/5.5 |
Left/right eye | 138/160 |
Open/closed globe | 146/152 |
Male:female ratio | 5.5/1 |
Age (years, mean ± SD) |  |
   Total | 35.6 ± 21.0 |
   Men | 33.0 ± 19.6 |
   Women | 49.9 ± 23.1 |
Mean duration of hospitalization (days) | 4.2 (range: 1–14) |
Diagnosis | ICD-10-AM Code |
   Orbital floor fractures (including blowout fractures) | 6 |
   Open wounds of ocular adnexa | 2 |
   Open wounds of globe | 118 |
   Superficial wound of eye and adnexa | 32 |
   Contusion of eye and adnexa | 122 |
   Foreign body on external eye | 6 |
   Burn confined to eye and adnexa | 4 |
   Injury to optic nerve and pathways | 4 |
   Injury to oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerve | 4 |