Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Summary
  • Body section
    1. Introduction
    2. Overview of SCI case registrations in 2007–08
    3. Incidence of persisting SCI in 2007–08
      • 3.1 Persisting SCI in 2007–08 and earlier years
      • 3.2 State or territory of usual residence
      • 3.3 Remoteness of residence
      • 3.4 Age and sex distribution
      • 3.5 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
    6. Glossary
  • End matter
    • Appendix
      • Structure and operation of ASCIR
      • Data issues
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures