Violence now leading cause of facial injury in men CMAJ 1997;156:1372 Interpersonal violence has surpassed motor-vehicle accidents as the leading cause of facial injury among men, says the head of Sunnybrook Hospital's Division of Plastic Surgery. In a recent issue of Fact, Figures and Finds, which is distributed by the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, Dr. Oleh Antonyshyn blamed growing social problems, including a high unemployment rate and heavy alcohol consumption, for a 24.6% increase in the number of reported assault incidents in Canada between 1990 and 1995. The most common injuries for victims of assault are isolated facial fractures, although he said he also sees skull base fractures, spinal cord injuries and fractures to other parts of the body. Women are still more likely to suffer facial trauma in motor-vehicle accidents. Year Interpersonal assaults Vehicle-injury victims 1990 207 331 262 604 1991 226 552 249 198 1992 232 910 249 821 1993 238 470 247 582 1994 268 054 244 975 1995 258 383 241 800 Send a letter to the editor responding to this article Envoyez une lettre à la rédaction au sujet de cet article | CMAJ May 15, 1997 (vol 156, no 10) / JAMC le 15 mai 1997 (vol 156, no 10) |