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Cord Injury Pregnancy
- The US incidence rate of SCI is 30 to 40 per million people.
- The Canadian incidence rate for SCI is 35 per million
- Australia's incidence rate is 15 per million population.
- Automobile accidents are the leading cause of spinal cord injury.
- Falls are the next leading cause of spinal cord injury.
- Spinal cord injury is 4 times as likely to occur in men than women.
- Almost 40% of spinal cord injuries occur during the weekend.
- There are about 200,000 people with spinal cord injuries in the US
- People 16-30 years old, account for 57% of spinal cord injuries in the
US.
- About 50% of spinal cord injuries result in quadriplegia.
- Only 6% of spinal cord injuries are C4 or higher.
- 92% of people with spinal chord injuries live at home.
- Violence is now the second largest cause of spinal cord injuries in the
US.
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