Table 1 Distribution of the diagnoses classified as not likely emergent, likely emergent, and undetermined.

Diagnosis	Number	%
Total	5,422	100
Not likely emergent	1,165	21.5
Conjunctivitis	535	9.9
Photokeratitis	135	2.5
Infection of skin^a	129	2.4
Subconjunctival hemorrhage	111	2.1
Vitreoretinal degeneration	109	2.0
Unspecific headache	47	0.9
Retinopathy^b	38	0.7
Inflammation of skin^c	23	0.4
Cataract	16	0.3
Dislocation of lens	7	0.1
Myopia	7	0.1
Dry eye	5	0.1
Nasolacrimal duct stenosis	3	0.1
Likely emergent	4,048	74.7
Ocular surface injury	1,429	26.4
Burn injury	557	10.3
Retinal detachment	328	6.1
Contusion of eyeball	318	5.9
Ocular hypertension	248	4.6
Facial bone fracture	209	3.9
Corneal ulcer	142	2.6
Hyphema	138	2.6
Vitreoretinal hemorrhage	118	2.2
Open globe injury	114	2.1
Herpes infection	110	2.0
Laceration of periocular skin	98	1.8
Uveitis	83	1.5
Endophthalmitis^d	45	0.8
Neuropathy^e	42	0.8
Retinal vascular occlusion	32	0.6
Orbital infection	20	0.4
Retinal breaks	14	0.3
Orbital inflammation	3	0.1
Undetermined	209	3.9
Surgery-related problems^f	112	2.1
Non-ocular diseases	21	0.4
Cerebrovascular accident	7	0.1
Other	69	1.3

^aIncluding hordeolum and cellulitis outside the orbit.
^bIncluding diabetic retinopathy, hypertensive retinopathy, and myopic retinopathy.
^cIncluding chalazion and dermatitis.
^dIncluding postoperative and endogenous endophthalmitis.
^eIncluding cranial nerve palsy and peripheral neuropathy.
^fIncluding complications during cataract surgery, postoperative wound check, unspecific discomfort after ocular surgery, and nasolacrimal stent dislocation.

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