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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Life Care Plan. 2010 Jun;9(2):15.

Table 3.

Percentage of change in life expectancy from low income to middle and high income as a function of injury severity and age.

Age
Injury Level Income Level 20 40 60
C1-C4, Non-Ambulatory High 41.7% 56.3% 74.6%
Middle 19.8% 25.6% 32.1%
C5-C8, Non-Ambulatory High 33.5% 46.7% 64.5%
Middle 16.2% 21.7% 28.7%
Non-Cervical, Non-Ambulatory High 33.4% 46.5% 64.3%
Middle 16.2% 21.6% 28.6%
Ambulatory High 17.9% 27.1% 33.4%
Middle 9.7% 17.9% 18.3%