A Study of the Pattern of Admissions to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka

Table 10

Head injuries and facial injuries.

Diagnosis	Total	Male: age	Female: age
Head injury	n = 3,514	n = 2,466 (70.2%)	n = 1,048 (29.8%)
		32.6 ± 22 years	36.6 ± 26.1 years
Facial injury	n = 3,505	n = 2,532 (72.3%)	n = 973 (27.8%)
		35 ± 17.7 years	39 ± 20.3 years
Soft tissue injuries	n = 2,956 (84.3%)	n = 2,116 (71.6%)	n = 840 (28.4%)
Facial bone fracture	n = 549 (15.7%)	n = 416 (75.8%)	n = 133 (24.2%)
Road traffic accidents	n = 205 (5.8%)
Other accidents	n = 2,055 (58.5%)
Assaults	n = 590 (16.8%)