Changing Trends in Eye-Related Complaints Presenting to the Emergency Department in Beirut, Lebanon, over 15 Years

Table 2

Characteristics of patients presenting to the ED with ophthalmic complaints in 1997 compared to 2012.

	1997	2012
Total number of ED visits	39,158	46,363
Eye-related ED visits	1060 (2.71%)	907 (1.96%)
Average patient age (years)	31.4	30.8
Gender
Male	713 (67.26%)	457 (50.39%)
Female	347 (32.74%)	450 (49.61%)
Penetrating eye injuries	76 (7.17%)	38 (4.19%)
Nonpenetrating eye trauma	558 (52.64%)	263 (29.00%)
Nontraumatic ophthalic emergencies	106 (10.00%)	121 (13.34%)
Nontraumatic, nonurgent ophthalmic conditions	320 (30.19%)	485 (53.47%)