TABLE 1.
Preinjury Demographic Characteristics of Claimants With Work-Related Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury, Korea, 2010–2019
| Characteristics | Total (n = 3855) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age at injury, y | ||
| Mean (SD) | 51.8 | 11.3 |
| Median (IQR) | 53 | 45–60 |
| Age group, n (%) | ||
| <30 | 163 | 4.2 |
| 30–39 | 394 | 10.2 |
| 40–49 | 890 | 23.1 |
| 50–59 | 1409 | 36.6 |
| ≥60 | 999 | 25.9 |
| Sex, n (%) | ||
| Male | 3644 | 94.5 |
| Female | 211 | 5.5 |
| Work-related injury type, n (%) | ||
| Injury | 3692 | 95.8 |
| Commuting injury | 163 | 4.2 |
| Occupation, n (%) | ||
| Managers | 324 | 8.4 |
| Professionals and related workers | 164 | 4.3 |
| Clerks | 81 | 2.1 |
| Service workers | 140 | 3.6 |
| Sales workers | 43 | 1.1 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry, and fishery workers | 109 | 2.8 |
| Craft and related trades workers | 1091 | 28.3 |
| Equipment, machine operating, and assembling workers | 430 | 11.2 |
| Elementary workers | 1473 | 38.2 |
| Industry, n (%) | ||
| Mining | 20 | 0.5 |
| Manufacturing | 749 | 19.4 |
| Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning, and water supply | 9 | 0.2 |
| Construction | 1824 | 47.3 |
| Transportation, storage, information, and communication | 281 | 7.3 |
| Forestry | 99 | 2.6 |
| Fishing | 4 | 0.1 |
| Agriculture | 33 | 6.9 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 15 | 0.4 |
| Other | 821 | 21.3 |
IQR, interquartile range.