Profile, severity of work-related eye injury and work status based on age among industrial workers registered with SOCSO 2004–2008
| Age group | Gender (n/%) | Ethnic (n/%) | Eye injury level of severity (n/%) | Work status (n/%) | |||||||
| Male | Female | Malay | Chinese | Indian | Others | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Working | Stop working | |
| 10–19 (n=30) | 27 (90.00) | 3 (10.00) | 8 (26.70) | 15 (50.00) | 7 (23.30) | 0 (0.00) | 18 (60.00) | 8 (26.70) | 4 (13.30) | 26 (86.70) | 4 (13.30) |
| 20–29 (n=263) | 250 (95.10) | 13 (4.90) | 121 (46.00) | 107 (40.70) | 32 (12.20) | 3 (1.10) | 137 (52.10) | 91 (34.60) | 35 (13.30) | 247 (93.90) | 16 (6.10) |
| 30–39 (n=309) | 296 (95.80) | 13 (4.20) | 141 (45.60) | 118 (38.20) | 45 (14.60) | 5 (1.60) | 141 (45.60) | 128 (41.40) | 40 (12.90) | 296 (95.80) | 13 (4.20) |
| 40–49(n=196) | 178 (90.80) | 18 (9.20) | 78 (39.80) | 73 (37.20) | 44 (22.40) | 1 (0,50) | 77 (39.30) | 70 (35.70) | 49 (25.00) | 189 (96.40) | 7 (3.60) |
| 50–59 (n=71) | 64 (90.10) | 7 (9.90) | 25 (35.20) | 30 (42.30) | 16 (22.50) | 0 (0.00) | 22 (31.00) | 24 (33.80) | 25 (35.20) | 65 (91.50) | 6 (8.50) |
| 60–69 (n=15) | 11 (73.30) | 4 (26.70) | 1 (6.70) | 11 (73.30) | 3 (30.00) | 0 (0.00) | 3 (20.00) | 4 (26.70) | 8 (53.20) | 12 (80.00) | 3 (20.00) |
| Total (n=884)) | 826 (93.00) | 58 (7.00) | 374 (42.30) | 354 (40.00) | 147 (16.60) | 9 (1.00) | 398 (45.00) | 325 (36.80) | 161 (18.20) | 835 (94.50) | 49 (5.50) |
SOCSO, Social Security Organisation.