APPENDIX 2. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Survey Reported Eye Injuries in Canadian Sports, 1972–2002321


SPORT 1972–1973 1974–1975 1976–1977 1977–1978 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980–1981 1981–1982 1982–1983 1983–1984 1984–1985 1985–1986 1986–1987 1987–1988
hockey 287 (20) 258 (43) 90 (12) 52 (8) 4 (13) 85 (21) 68 (20) 119 (18) 115(13) 124(12) 121(18) 123(22) 93(18) 62(11)
racket sports     43 (3)  12 (1) 28 (1) 58 (1) 103 (4) 100 (3) 88(5) 115(6) 81(6) 83(1) 66(3) 45(4)
baseball     19 (2)  2 10 15 41 (5) 68(3) 56(3) 43(2) 32(3) 34 16
ball hockey     24 (3)  9 (2) 27 (2) 22 (4) 10 (2) 19(3) 25(2) 29(1) 28 18(1) 31
football     13 (1)  3 1 8 4 27(1) 22(1) 15(1) 10 20(1) 12(1)
war games                     26(14) 8(2) 9(1) 2
golf     5 (1)   1 1   5 (4) 7(2) 3(2) 4(1) 5(2) 4(1) 1
basketball           2 4 3 5 1 2 7  
skiing     1 (1) 3 (2)     3 (2)   2(1) 4 2(1) 6(1) 1
volleyball     3 (3)     6 3 2 3 4(1)   2    
broomball     2 (2)     2 2 3 3 2   1 4 3
lacrosse     3    1       3 4 1 1    
Hunting&BB guns             4 (1)     1 5(2) 1    
snowmobile     2 (1)   1     1 (1)   1 1 2(1) 1(1) 1(1)
other     6      1 7 3 6 (1) 6(1) 9(2) 19(2) 7(1) 5(1) 9(3)
TOTAL 287 (20) 258 (43) 211 (29) 79 (9) 92(18) 197 (24) 230 (29) 298 (36) 342(28) 373(30) 350(47) 307(33) 267(28) 183(20)

 


SPORT 1988–1989 1989–1990 1990–1991 1991–1992 1992–1993 1993–1994 1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 TOTAL
hockey 37(6) 33(6) 21(3) 28(7) 32(5) 16(7) 19(5) 22(7) 12(3) 12(4) 8(5) 13(1) 6(1) 4(2) 1914 (311)
racket sports 62(3) 40(2) 35(1) 33 31(1) 27 14(1) 17 18(1) 12 5 11 7 1 1135 (47)
baseball 24(2) 15(1) 14(1) 18(1) 17(1) 23(2) 17(2) 11(2) 13(1) 10 5(1) 4 4(1)   513 (33)
ball hockey 24(1) 14(2) 20(2) 12(2) 16(2) 11(3) 7 4 13(1) 7 8(2) 5 6   397 (35)
football 10(1) 8 6 6 3(1) 5(1) 4 2 8 2 5 1 1 4(1) 202 (10)
war games 6 4) 4(2) 4 3(2) 1(1) 3(3) 2(1) 3(1) 4(1) 1 1(1) 1   2 80 (33)
golf 3 5(1) 4 4(1) 1(1) 2 1 1 4(3) 3(1) 1       65 (20)
basketball 2 2 2 2 4 (1) 5 1 2 3 3(1)     1   52 (2)
skiing   4 3 (1) 1 2   3(1) 1 2(1) 1     1   41 (11)
volleyball 3   1           1   1       29 (4)
broomball 1 2                         25 (2)
lacrosse   1 2   1     1     1       20
Hunting&BB guns 3(1)   1 1         3     1(1)     20 (5)
snowmobile   1               4(1)   2     17 (6)
other 7(1) 6(2) 5 8(1) 2 3   2(1) 4 9 1 2(1) 1   128 (17)
TOTAL 182(19) 135(16) 118(8) 116(14) 110(13) 95(16) 68(10) 66(11) 85(11) 75(7) 36(9) 40(3) 27(2) 11 (3) 4638 (535)

NUMBERS IN PARENTHESES () ARE BLIND EYES
Hockey: Face masks introduced 1975, note decrease in hockey injuries after then. 311 blind eyes: 0 to players wearing CSA certified full face protectors; 9 to players wearing visors.