Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Executive summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Overview of SCI case registrations in 2005–06
- 3 Incidence of persisting SCI in 2005–06
- 3.1 Persisting SCI in 2005–06 and earlier years
- 3.2 State or territory of usual residence
- 3.3 Age and sex distribution
- 3.4 Socioeconomic characteristics
- 4 Clinical characteristics of persisting SCI cases
- 4.1 Neurological level of injury
- 4.2 Neurological category
- 4.3 Duration of initial care
- 5 Factors associated with the SCI event
- 5.1 Mechanism of injury
- 5.1.1 Traffic–Land transport: Motor vehicle occupants
- 5.1.2 Traffic–Land transport: Unprotected road users
- 5.1.3 Non-traffic–Land transport
- 5.1.4 Falls
- 5.1.5 Struck by or collision with a person or object
- 5.1.6 Water-related
- 5.1.7 Other causes
- 5.2 Type of activity at time of injury
- 5.1 Mechanism of injury
- 6 Trends in external causes of SCI
- 6.1 Trends in all traumatic SCI at selected ages
- 6.2 Trends in work-related traumatic SCI at selected ages
- 6.2.1 Work-related traumatic SCI for age group 15–64 years
- 6.2.2 Work-related traumatic SCI for age group 45 years and above
- 6.2.3 Discussion
- 7 Glossary
- Appendix 1
- Structure and operation of ASCIR
- Data issues
- Scope and ascertainment of SCI case registration data
- Rates
- Tabulations and data reported
- Confidence intervals
- Assignment and aggregation of NDS-IS codes
- Trend analysis
- List of Tables
- List of Figures