Statistics about Accidental Eye Injury

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Accidental Eye Injury:

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Incidence (annual) of Accidental Eye Injury: 16,413 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 277 or 0.36% or 978,987 people in USA [about data]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Accidental Eye Injury: 978,987 per year, 81,582 per month, 18,826 per week, 2,682 per day, 111 per hour, 1 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 16,413 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)

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Hospitalization statistics for Accidental Eye Injury:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Accidental Eye Injury:

• 0.027% (3,396) of hospital consultant episodes were for injury of eye and orbit in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 95% of hospital consultant episodes for injury of eye and orbit required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 70% of hospital consultant episodes for injury of eye and orbit were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 30% of hospital consultant episodes for injury of eye and orbit were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 88% of hospital consultant episodes for injury of eye and orbit required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for injury of eye and orbit in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for injury of eye and orbit in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 39 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for injury of eye and orbit in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 58% of hospital consultant episodes for injury of eye and orbit occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 15% of hospital consultant episodes for injury of eye and orbit occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3% of hospital consultant episodes for injury of eye and orbit were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.018% (9,533) of hospital bed days were for injury of eye and orbit in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

This page presents a variety of statistics about Accidental Eye Injury. The term 'prevalence' of Accidental Eye Injury usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Accidental Eye Injury at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Accidental Eye Injury refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Accidental Eye Injury diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

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