Table 1: Demographic characteristics of ocular trauma patients.

Characteristic

Frequency

Percentage

Characteristic

Frequency

Percentage

Age

 

 

Mechanism

 

 

     0 – 17

354

17.79

Blunt

884

44.42

    18 – 59

1496

75.18

Projectile

1036

52.06

    60 and above

140

7.04

Sharp

70

3.52

Gender

 

 

Type

 

 

    Male

1503

75.53

Open globe

105

5.28

    Female

487

24.47

Closed globe

1885

94.72

Object

 

 

Severity

 

 

    Shrapnel

987

49.15

OTS 1

52

2.61

    MVC

501

25.18

OTS 2

11

0.55

    Organic

178

8.94

OTS 3

50

2.51

    Wood

43

2.16

OTS 4

146

7.34

    Mauling

290

14.57

OTS 5

1731

86.98

Zone of the Globe

 

 

Place

 

 

    Zone 1

1258

63.22

Home

175

8.79

    Zone 2

642

32.26

Public place

1098

55.18

    Zone 3

90

4.52

Workplace

717

36.03

Behavioral Risk

 

 

 

 

 

    High Risk

1656

83.22

 

 

 

    Low Risk

334

16.78

 

 

 

*Count is by number of eyes involved