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

Table 8

All upper limb injuries.

Diagnosis	Total	Male: age	Female: age
All upper limb injuries	n = 6,977	n = 5,198 (74.5%)	n = 1,779 (25.5%)
		35 ± 18.2 years	40.4 ± 21.2 years
Soft tissue injuries	n = 4,181 (60%)	n = 3,109 (74.5%)	n = 1,062 (25.4%)
Fractures	n = 2,806 (40%)	n = 2,089 (74.4%)	n = 717 (25.5%)
Clavicle fracture	n = 240	n = 185 (77%)	n = 55 (22.9%)
		39.2 ± 18.9 years	36.6 ± 17.1 years
Humerus fracture	n = 205	n = 138 (67.8%)	n = 66 (32.2%)
		28.9 ± 22.5 years	42.2 ± 19.8 years
Radius and ulnar fracture	n = 133	n = 107 (80.4%)	n = 26 (19.5%)
		31.3 ± 18 years	38.4 ± 25.2 years
Radius fracture	n = 991	n = 666 (67.2%)	n = 325 (32.8%)
		33 ± 19.6 years	45.7 ± 22.1 years
Ulnar fracture	n = 422	n = 331 (78.4%)	n = 91 (21.7%)
		35.8 ± 18.7 years	40.9 ± 21.5 years
Scapula fracture	n = 34	n = 27 (79.4%)	n = 7 (20.6%)
		33.9 ± 15.9 years	50 ± 22.1 years
Hand fracture	n = 781	n = 634 (81.2%)	n = 147 (18.8%)
		37.6 ± 17.4 years	40.5 ± 18.8 years
Road traffic accidents	n = 2,406 (34.5%)
Other accidents	n = 4,571 (65.4%)