WASHINGTON — Firearms-related ocular injuries disproportionately affect boys, adolescents and blacks, according to a poster presented at the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus meeting.
Rebecca S. Weiss , MD, and colleagues evaluated incidence and demographic patterns of pediatric firearms-related injuries using data from a national trauma registry.
Of 1,972 cases analyzed by age, race and ethnicity, Weiss and colleagues found 85.1% were boys, 52.6% were adolescent, and 43.2% were black.
“Firearms rank second amongst the causes of pediatric trauma-related
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