@article{ref1,
title="Serious facial fractures in New Zealand from 1979 to 1998",
journal="International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery",
year="2002",
author="Kieser, J. and Stephenson, S. and Liston, P. N. and Tong, D. C. and Langley, John Desmond",
volume="31",
number="2",
pages="206-209",
abstract="We 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).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0901-5027",
doi="10.1054/ijom.2002.0208",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/ijom.2002.0208"
}