Spinal cord injury, Australia 2010–11

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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 2010–11, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 06 December 2023.

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For the 2010–11 period, 387 new cases of spinal cord injury (SCI) were reported to the Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register (ASCIR), 70% of which were due to traumatic causes. Males accounted for 80% of traumatic SCI cases. Land transport crashes (43%) were the leading mechanism of injury for cases of traumatic SCI sustained in 2010–11, followed by Falls (35%).

ISSN: 2205-510X (PDF) 1444-3791 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-76054-282-5
Cat. no: INJCAT 156
Pages: 49

Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
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Summary
1 Introduction
2 Traumatic SCI case registrations in 2010–11
3 Persisting traumatic SCI
- Persisting traumatic SCI in 2010–11 and earlier years
- Demographic and social characteristics of persisting traumatic SCI in 2010–11
Clinical characteristics of persisting traumatic SCI in 2010–11
4 External causes of SCI in 2010–11
- 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
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