TABLE 2. USEIR Sports and Recreation Injuries December 1988
to September 1999
| |
Total |
Open globe |
Blind eyes |
Shattered eyewear lens |
Sex (Percent male) |
Age (median) |
| Fishing |
113 |
50 |
34 |
0/1 |
82.3% |
27 |
| Hunting/Shooting |
59 |
28 |
29 |
2/4 |
98.3% |
32 |
| Recreation |
55 |
29 |
15 |
1/1 |
89.1% |
17 |
| Baseball |
104 |
11 |
15 |
5/8 |
86.5% |
14 |
| Softball |
65 |
3 |
8 |
3/12 |
63.1% |
29 |
| Basketball |
66 |
11 |
12 |
1/1 |
95.5% |
24 |
| Racket Sports |
55 |
1 |
8 |
0/6 |
83.3% |
25 |
| Hockey |
13 |
2 |
0 |
0/0 |
100% |
30 |
| Paintball |
12 |
1 |
1 |
0/3 |
100% |
17 |
| Golf |
29 |
12 |
12 |
4/6 |
72.4% |
40 |
| Soccer |
24 |
0 |
1 |
0/1 |
66.7% |
17 |
| Ball Sports, Other |
19 |
2 |
0 |
0/1 |
68.4% |
12 |
| Football |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0/1 |
100% |
15 |
| Water sports |
15 |
3 |
5 |
0/0 |
66.7% |
21 |
| Sports, Other |
22 |
4 |
1 |
0/0 |
80.1% |
22 |
| Motor Sports |
11 |
5 |
5 |
0/0 |
81.9% |
22 |
| Fireworks |
21 |
3 |
4 |
0/1 |
80.1% |
20.5 |
| Bungee Cord |
6 |
2 |
1 |
0/0 |
66.7% |
21 |
| Total |
702 |
167 |
151 |
16/46 |
83.3% |
Range 22.5–83 |
Blind Eyes include: Final best-corrected visions: no light perception, hand motions,
finger counting, less than 20/200
Sex: In three cases the sex was not stated. Calculations based on 699 cases in
which sex was specified
Age: Injuries affected all age groups, with a range of 2 to 85 years. The age
median cited is only to point to an age trend by sports group.
Motor Sports include: 3 wheeler (1), 4 wheeler (2), auto racing (7), go cart (1)
Hunting/Shooting include: air rifle (4), BB gun (14), hunting (31), shooting (trap,
skeet) (10)
Racket Sports include: badminton (3), handball (2), racquetball (36), tennis (14)
Ball Sports, other include: play with ball (5), dodgeball (1), kickball (1), lacrosse
(1), mudball (1), stickball (1), volleyball (6), whiffle ball (3)
Water Sports include: beach (1), boating (5), sailboat (1), surfing (3), swimming
(1), water skiing (2)
Recreation includes: bicycle (1), camping (6), carnival (1), church function (1),
darts (2), dirt bike (1), dog bite (1), fight (2), glass car window (1), hiking
(5), home (1), motor vehicke crash (1), park (1), play (11), poker (1), recreation
(11), sledding (1), sling shot (1), snowmobile (1), vacation house (1), water
baloon (2), water hose (1), whirly gig toy (1)
Golf includes: golf (28), putt-putt golf (1)
Sports, other include: bow and arrow (1), boxing (4), frisbee (2), ice skating
(1), karate (2), rodeo (3), roller skating (1), running (1), ice skating (1),
skiing (3), wrestling (3)