Table 1. Severity and costs beyond the first year after traumatic spinal cord injury.

Severity of injury	Incidence	Yearly health expenses (in 1998 dollars)
Tetraplegia
Complete	19%
C-1–C-4		$95,000
C-5-C-8		$39,000
Incomplete	30%	$12,000
Paraplegia
Complete	28%	$20,000
Incomplete	21%	$11,000

Source: National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (http://www.spinalcord.uab.edu).