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Current statistics of spinal cord injury in New Zealand

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With sincerest gratitude to our friends at the NZ Spinal Cord Injury Registry here is a very brief list of key facts from the just released ‘Current Statistics’ year ending 2018.

A 12-page summary report and a comprehensive 36-page Annual report can be viewed by clicking here

  • There are just over 200 new spinal cord impairments in NZ each year – ~4 per week
  • 2/3 are traumatic and 1/3 non traumatic

TRAUMATIC FACTS (excluding non-traumatic numbers)

  • Common Traumatic causes are Falls (39%) Transport (30%) Sports (18%) Other (13%)
  • 75% of all traumatic are males – 25% female
  • 2/3 result in tetraplegia 1/3 in paraplegia
  • 30% sports are water sports/activities, 22% equestrian, 19% mountain biking/cycling

NON TRAUMATIC FACTS

  • 1/3 are female, 2/3 are male
  • 1/4 result in tetraplegia 3/4 in paraplegiaLENGTH OF STAY IN HOSPITAL (Median)
  • Paraplegics – 69 days
  • Tetraplegics – 74 days

 

NB Length of stay ranges from 2 days to 258 days. AIS A tend to stay longer than incomplete.

 

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