TY - BOOK
T1 - Spinal cord injury, Australia, 2010–11
AU - Tovell, Amanda
AU - Harrison, James
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - 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%).
AB - 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%).
UR - https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/a4c0387c-91f8-4b94-abb4-fbbdb4964229/aihw-injcat-156.pdf.aspx?inline=true
M3 - Commissioned report
T3 - Injury research and statistics
BT - Spinal cord injury, Australia, 2010–11
PB - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
CY - Canberra
ER -