Hospitalised eye injuries in New South Wales, Australia

J. Long, R. Mitchell
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Purpose: This is the first population-based descriptive study of hospitalised eye injuries in New South Wales (NSW), Australia that also estimates the cost of these injures to the health system. The purpose is to describe the inci- dence and cause of hospitalised eye injuries in NSW from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2005. Method: Hospitalised eye injuries in NSW were obtained from information recorded in the NSW Admitted Patients Data Collection and were identified using relevant International Classification of Disease, version 10 Australian modification (ICD-10-AM) codes pertaining to eye injury. Results: The annual rate of hospitalised eye injuries for NSW residents was 25.5 per 100,000 population. Males had higher rates of hospitalisation than females and males 20-24 years and females aged 85 years or over had the highest rates of hospitalisation for each gender. Injuries of the eye and orbit were the most common type of injury (40.8%) and inter- personal violence was the most common type of injury mechanism (27.4%). The home was the most common specified location of the incident and eye injuries were identified as work-related in 9.8% of cases. Conclusions: Eye injuries are an important cause of hospitalised injury in NSW. Preventive approaches to ocular trauma should be promoted to populations identified at risk.
澳大利亚新南威尔士州因眼部受伤住院
目的:这是澳大利亚新南威尔士州(NSW)首次以人群为基础的眼科住院损伤描述性研究,该研究还估计了这些伤害对卫生系统的成本。目的是描述2000年7月1日至2005年6月30日新南威尔士州住院眼损伤的发生率和原因。方法:从新南威尔士州住院患者数据收集中记录的信息获得新南威尔士州住院眼损伤,并使用与眼损伤相关的国际疾病分类,版本10澳大利亚修改(ICD-10-AM)代码进行识别。结果:每年新南威尔士州居民眼伤住院率为每10万人25.5人。男性的住院率高于女性,20-24岁男性和85岁以上女性的住院率最高。眼部和眼眶损伤是最常见的伤害类型(40.8%),人际暴力是最常见的伤害机制(27.4%)。家中是最常见的事故指定地点,9.8%的眼睛受伤被确定为与工作有关。结论:眼部损伤是新南威尔士州住院损伤的重要原因。应向确定有风险的人群推广眼外伤预防方法。
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