• Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Apr 2002

    Serious facial fractures in New Zealand from 1979 to 1998.

    • J Kieser, S Stephenson, P N Liston, D C Tong, and J D Langley.
    • Department of Oral Sciences and Orthdontics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. jules.kieser@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
    • Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2002 Apr 1; 31 (2): 206-9.

    AbstractWe present data on the incidence, aetiology, age, sex and ethnic distribution of facial fractures in New Zealand for the 20-year period from 1979-1998. Most facial fractures (78.9%) occurred in males with a rate of 65.5/100,000, person-years compared with 21% in females with an incidence of 17/100,000. While the injury rate peaked in males between the ages of 20-24 years (200/100,000), it peaked between 15-19 years (34.7/100,000) in females. The most common causes of facial fracture in both genders were assault (14/100,000) and being unintentionally struck by an object or person (9.5/100,000) which is consistent with similar data from South Africa and the USA. The rates of fracture in Maori (68.1/100,000) were approximately twice those of Pacific Islanders (37/100,000) or other ethnic groups (34.2/100,000).

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