SKULL AND FACIAL INJURIES FROM THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL DISCHARGE SURVEY

本研究的目的是对数据进行趋势分析 关于颅骨和面骨骨折的火灾诊断（S & F 骨折）的全国医院出院调查，进行 1981年，国家卫生统计中心 直到1985年。 这些数据是从一个国家出院的病人身上收集的。 美国短期住院综合医院和专科医院样本 数据根据ICD第9版进行编码。 虽然 有关个别ICD编码的详细数据， NCHS，这里进行的分析以前未发表。 结果显示，S & F骨折（ICD代码800-803），1981年为158，000例 1985年12万人。 这在某种程度上改变了 所有骨折的估计数量（ICD代码800-829）。 S & F 骨折占骨折总数的百分比从1981年的13.92 1985年为10.59。 虽然所有骨折的数量 在两性之间大致相等的情况下，男性的 S & F骨折是女性的两倍多。 岁 S & F骨折的分布也是一致的， 大约如下：65%在15-44岁年龄组， 15岁以下占20%，45-64岁占9%，65岁以上占6%。 显示，虽然发病率呈下降趋势， S & F骨折，一般为男性，年龄在15岁之间 44岁为高危人群。

The purpose of this study was to do a trend analysis of the data on fired diagnosis of fractures of the skull & face bones (S & F fractures) from the National Hospital Discharge Survey, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, for the years 1981 through 1985. These data are collected on patients discharged from a national sample of short-stay general and specialty hospitals in the U.S. The data are coded according to ICD, 9th revision. Although detailed data on individual ICD codes are published yearly by the NCHS, the analysis undertaken here is previously unpublished. Results showed a declining trend in the estimated numbers of S & F fractures (ICD codes 800-803), which varied from 158,000 in 1981 to 120,000 in 1985. This paralleled, somewhat, the trend in estimated numbers of all fractures (ICD codes 800-829). S & F fractures as a percent of total fractures varied from 13.92 in 1981 to 10.59 in 1985. Although number of all fractures were approximately equal between the sexes, males had consistently more than twice as many S & F fractures as females. The age distribution of S & F fractures, was also consistent and was approximately as follows: 65% were in the age group of 15-44 yrs, 20% under 15yrs, 9% 45-64 yrs and 6% over 65 yrs. This study has shown that although there is a declining trend in the incidence of S & F fractures, males generally, and those between the ages of 15 and 44 years are in the high risk groups.