TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Epidemiology of facial fractures: incidence, prevalence and years lived with disability estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study JO - Injury prevention A1 - Lalloo, Ratilal A1 - Lucchesi, Lydia R. A1 - Bisignano, Catherine A1 - Castle, Chris D. A1 - Dingels, Zachary V. A1 - Fox, Jack T. A1 - Hamilton, Erin B. A1 - Liu, Zichen A1 - Roberts, Nicholas L. S. A1 - Sylte, Dillon O. A1 - Alahdab, Fares A1 - Alipour, Vahid A1 - Alsharif, Ubai A1 - Arabloo, Jalal A1 - Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba A1 - Banach, Maciej A1 - Bijani, Ali A1 - Crowe, Christopher Stephen A1 - Daryani, Ahmad A1 - Do, Huyen Phuc A1 - Doan, Linh Phuong A1 - Fischer, Florian A1 - Gebremeskel, Gebreamlak Gebremedhn A1 - Haagsma, Juanita A. A1 - Haj-Mirzaian, Arvin A1 - Haj-Mirzaian, Arya A1 - Hamidi, Samer A1 - Hoang, Chi Linh A1 - Irvani, Seyed Sina Naghibi A1 - Kasaeian, Amir A1 - Khader, Yousef Saleh A1 - Khalilov, Rovshan A1 - Khoja, Abdullah T. A1 - Kiadaliri, Aliasghar A. A1 - Majdan, Marek A1 - Manafi, Navid A1 - Manafi, Ali A1 - Massenburg, Benjamin Ballard A1 - Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Abdollah A1 - Morrison, Shane Douglas A1 - Nguyen, Trang Huyen A1 - Nguyen, Son Hoang A1 - Nguyen, Cuong Tat A1 - Olagunju, Tinuke O. A1 - Otstavnov, Nikita A1 - Polinder, Suzanne A1 - Rabiee, Navid A1 - Rabiee, Mohammad A1 - Ramezanzadeh, Kiana A1 - Ranganathan, Kavitha A1 - Rezapour, Aziz A1 - Safari, Saeed A1 - Samy, Abdallah M. A1 - Sanchez Riera, Lidia A1 - Shaikh, Masood Ali A1 - Tran, Bach Xuan A1 - Vahedi, Parviz A1 - Vahedian-Azimi, Amir A1 - Zhang, Zhi-Jiang A1 - Pigott, David M. A1 - Hay, Simon I. A1 - Mokdad, Ali H. A1 - James, Spencer L. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) has historically produced estimates of causes of injury such as falls but not the resulting types of injuries that occur. The objective of this study was to estimate the global incidence, prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs) due to facial fractures and to estimate the leading injurious causes of facial fracture.

METHODS: We obtained results from GBD 2017. First, the study estimated the incidence from each injury cause (eg, falls), and then the proportion of each cause that would result in facial fracture being the most disabling injury. Incidence, prevalence and YLDs of facial fractures are then calculated across causes.

RESULTS: Globally, in 2017, there were 7 538 663 (95% uncertainty interval 6 116 489 to 9 493 113) new cases, 1 819 732 (1 609 419 to 2 091 618) prevalent cases, and 117 402 (73 266 to 169 689) YLDs due to facial fractures. In terms of age-standardised incidence, prevalence and YLDs, the global rates were 98 (80 to 123) per 100 000, 23 (20 to 27) per 100 000, and 2 (1 to 2) per 100 000, respectively. Facial fractures were most concentrated in Central Europe. Falls were the predominant cause in most regions.

CONCLUSIONS: Facial fractures are predominantly caused by falls and occur worldwide. Healthcare systems and public health agencies should investigate methods of all injury prevention. It is important for healthcare systems in every part of the world to ensure access to treatment resources.

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LA - en SN - 1353-8047 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043297 ID - ref1 ER -