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Spinal cord injury, Australia 2017–18
Spinal cord injury, Australia 2017–18
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Spinal cord injury, Australia 2017–18, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 21 April 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Spinal cord injury, Australia 2017–18. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Spinal cord injury, Australia 2017–18. AIHW, 2021.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Spinal cord injury, Australia 2017–18. Canberra: AIHW; 2021.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2021, Spinal cord injury, Australia 2017–18, AIHW, Canberra.
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A total of 187 newly incident cases of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) due to external causes were reported to the Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register for 2017–18. The majority (80%) of these were males. Land transport crashes (46%) and falls (36%) were most often reported as the cause of traumatic SCI.
- ISSN: 2205-510X
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-814-8
- Cat. no: INJCAT 219
- Pages: 56
Findings from this report:
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There were 187 new cases of traumatic SCI among people aged 15 and over in 2017–18
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Males outnumber females by over 4:1 for traumatic SCI
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The rate of persisting traumatic SCI among people aged 15 and over in 2017–18 was 8.6 cases per million
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Land transport crashes were the leading cause of traumatic SCI, closely followed by falls