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. 2013 Oct 4;28(1):34–40. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.213

Table 3. Incidence of blinding and poor visual outcomes attributable to the eye injury in males compared with that in females—Scotland 2009.

  Incidence per 100 000
 
  Males Females Incidence ratio: males/females (95% CI)
Blinding outcome (<6/60)
 Overall 0.80 0.15 5.32 (1.82–15.58)
  Age 0–64 years 0.75 0.09 8.12 (1.87–35.31)
  Age≥65 years 1.09 0.40 2.72 (0.50–14.82)
       
Poor visual outcome (<6/12 including blindness)
 Overall 1.03 0.22 4.61 (1.90–11.21)
  Age 0–64 years 1.02 0.09 11.16 (2.62–47.47)
  Age≥65 years 1.09 0.80 1.36 (0.34–5.43)