Abstract
A total of 227 newly incident cases of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) due to external causes were reported to the Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register for 2016–17. The majority (80%) of these were males. Land transport crashes (39%) and falls (39%) were most often reported as the cause of traumatic SCI.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Canberra |
Publisher | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Number of pages | 60 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-76054-663-2 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-76054-664-9 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Publication series
Name | Injury research and statistics |
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No. | 129 |
ISSN (Print) | 1444-3791 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2205-510X |
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Keywords
- spinal cord injuries
- Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register
- Incidence rate
- injury outcomes