Spinal cord injury, Australia, 2005-06
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AIHW
AIHW, Cripps R (2007) Spinal cord injury, Australia, 2005-06, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 March 2024.
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AIHW, Cripps R. (2007). Spinal cord injury, Australia, 2005-06. Canberra: AIHW.
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AIHW, Cripps R. Spinal cord injury, Australia, 2005-06. AIHW, 2007.
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AIHW, Cripps R. Spinal cord injury, Australia, 2005-06. Canberra: AIHW; 2007.
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AIHW, Cripps R 2007, Spinal cord injury, Australia, 2005-06, AIHW, Canberra.
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Severe spinal cord injury (SCI) is a very debilitating injury. This report presents information from the Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register (ASCIR) on 374 newly incident cases from trauma and disease in the year 2005-06. During the year, 284 new cases of SCI from traumatic causes were registered in Australia, an age-adjusted incidence rate of 15.7 cases per million population. The most common clinical outcome of SCI was incomplete tetraplegia (93 cases). Transport related injuries (46%) and falls (33%) accounted for over three-quarters of the 284 cases of traumatic SCI. Cases also occurred during sport (n=35) and working for income, including travel to and from work (n=43). Falling was the most common type of event leading to traumatic SCI at older ages. The ASCIR is a collaborative activity of the AIHW National Injury Surveillance Unit and all of the specialist spinal units in Australia.
- ISSN: 1444-3791
- ISBN: 978 1 74024 733 7
- Cat. no: INJCAT 102
- Pages: 50