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

Table 9

All lower limb injuries.

Diagnosis	Total	Male: age	Female: age
All lower limb injuries	n = 6,907	n = 5,185 (75%)	n = 1,721 (24.9%)
		37.7 ± 18 years	46.6 ± 22.4 years
Soft tissue injuries	n = 2,138 (31%)	n = 1,622 (76%)	n = 516 (24%)
Fractures	n = 4,769 (69%)	n = 3,563 (75%)	n = 1,206 (25%)
Pelvic fracture	n = 88	n = 64 (72.7%)	n = 24 (27.3%)
		45.4 ± 23.0 years	64.2 ± 23.2 years
Femur	n = 717	n = 427 (59.6%)	n = 290 (40.6%)
		47.3 ± 23.4 years	67.6 ± 18.6 years
Neck of femur fracture	n = 300	n = 108 (36%)	n = 192 (64%)
		65 ± 19.8 years	74 ± 12.3 years
Fibula fracture	n = 774	n = 624 (80.6%)	n = 150 (19.4%)
		37.2 ± 15.2 years	43.6 ± 19.9 years
Tibial fracture	n = 1,337	n = 1,085 (81.3%)	n = 252 (18.7%)
		37.7 ± 16.1 years	43.1 ± 18.9 years
Tibia and fibula fracture	n = 544	n = 446 (82%)	n = 98 (18%)
		41.1 ± 15 years	37.4 ± 18 years
Foot fracture	n = 726	n = 579 (79.8%)	n = 147 (20.2%)
		37.9 ± 16.9 years	42.5 ± 17.7 years
Spinal injury	n = 283	n = 230 (81.2%)	n = 53 (18.7%)
		51.6 ± 22 years	48.4 ± 16.9 years
Road traffic accidents	n = 2,406 (34.5%)
Other accidents	n = 4,571 (65.4%)