Analysis of Inpatients with Eye Diseases in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of TCM / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

[Objective] To investigate the distribution of eye diseases in our hospital and to supply an evidence for the proper disposition of the medical resource. [Methods] The analysis was carried out in 617 inpatients of the ophthalmology department from 1997-1999. Among 617 cases, 341 (55.27%) were male and 276 (44.73%) were female. [Results] The first five kinds of eye diseases are cataract (24.15%), diseases of ocular fundus (23.50%), eye injury (15.75% ) , high myopia (15.40%) and glaucoma (12. 97% ) . [ Conclusion ] A double - peak distribution of age was shown and the peaks appeared in the age groups of 21 -30 and 61 -70. There is a certain correlation between age group and eye diseases the frequently - seen disease was eye injury in age group of under 30, ocular fundus diseases in age group of 31 - 60 and cataract, glaucoma and ocular fundus diseases in age group of over 61. As for the relatipnship between sex and eye diseases, eye injury occurs frequently in male, especially in teenagers; cataract occurs frequently in female, especially in age group of over 71.