Spinal cord injury, Australia 2013–14

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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 2013–14, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 March 2023.

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In 2013–14, 236 new incident cases of spinal cord injury (SCI) due to external causes were reported to the Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register. Males accounted for 81% of traumatic SCI cases. Land transport crashes (46%) were the leading mechanism of injury followed by falls (32%). Nearly half (45%) of traumatic SCI occurred while the person was engaged in a sport or leisure activity.

ISSN: 2205-510X (PDF) 1444-3791 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-76054-290-0
Cat. no: INJCAT 183
Pages: 54

Findings from this report:

236 new cases of traumatic spinal cord injury were added to the Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register for 2013–14
More men sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury than women, with190 males injured compared with 46 females
46% of traumatic spinal cord injuries were due to land transport crashes, and 32% were due to falls
Close to 1 in 2 (45%) traumatic spinal cord injuries occurred during sports or leisure activities

Contents
Acknowledgments
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Summary
1 Introduction
2 Traumatic SCI case registrations in 2013–14
3 Persisting traumatic SCI
- Persisting traumatic SCI in 2013–14 and earlier years
- Demographic and social characteristics of persisting traumatic SCI in 2013–14
- Clinical characteristics of persisting traumatic SCI in 2013–14
4 External causes of SCI in 2013–14
- Mechanism of injury
- Activity at time of injury
Appendix A: Data issues
Appendix B: Other SCI cases
Appendix C: Median duration of initial care for persisting traumatic SCI
Appendix D: Additional tables
Glossary
References
List of tables
List of figures
List of boxes
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