Spinal cord injury, Australia 2008–09

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Release Date: 22 Jan 2018

Topic: Injury

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Spinal cord injury, Australia 2008–09, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 November 2023.

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For the 2008–09 period, 349 new cases of spinal cord injury (SCI) were reported to the Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register (ASCIR); three-quarters of which were due to traumatic causes. Males accounted for 80% of traumatic SCI cases. Land transport crashes and Falls were the most common cause of traumatic SCI, accounting for 78% overall, and 45% and 33% respectively.

ISSN: 2205-510X (PDF) 1444-3791 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-76054-278-8
Cat. no: INJCAT 154
Pages: 49

Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
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Summary
1 Introduction
2 Traumatic SCI case registrations in 2008–09
3 Persisting traumatic SCI
- Persisting traumatic SCI in 2008–09 and earlier years
- Demographic and social characteristics of persisting traumatic SCI in 2008–09
- Clinical characteristics of persisting traumatic SCI in 2008–09
4 External causes of SCI in 2008–09
- Mechanism of injury
- Activity at time of injury
Appendix A: Data issues
Appendix B: Non-traumatic SCI
Appendix C: Additional tables
Glossary
References
List of tables
List of figures
List of boxes
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