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Incidence of Emergency Department–Treated Eye Injury in the United States
Gerald McGwin, Jr, MS, PhD;
Cynthia Owsley, PhD, MSPH
Arch Ophthalmol. 2005;123:662-666.
Objective To present the descriptive epidemiology of emergency department–treated eye injury in the United States.
Methods Data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program was used to estimate the number of patients treated in US emergency departments for eye injuries. Eye injury rates were calculated according to age, sex, and race, and characteristics of the injury event were determined.
Results The rate of emergency department–treated eye injury in the United States is 3.15 per 1000 population (95% confidence interval, 2.66-3.63). Rates were highest among those in their 20s and 30s, among males, and among American Indians and African Americans. The majority of injuries occurred in the home, and contusions and abrasions were the most common types of injury.
Conclusion This study documents the burden of eye injury in the United States and identifies areas wherein future research activities should be directed.
Author Affiliations: Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine (Drs McGwin and Owsley), Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine (Dr McGwin), and Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health (Dr McGwin), University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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