Table 1 .
Demography and clinical characteristics of T-SCI in Québec, Canada from 2000 to 2010
| Year | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Number of T-SCI cases | 831 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 53 | 100 | 101 | 79 | 93 | 81 | 80 | 83 |
| Incidence (cases per million) | ||||||||||||
| Global population | 16.9 | 10.6 | 12.4 | 13.9 | 12.0 | 22.5 | 22.6 | 17.6 | 20.5 | 17.7 | 17.3 | 17.8 |
| < 55 y.o. | 16.1 | 9.8 | 13.0 | 16.1 | 13.0 | 20.8 | 21.7 | 17.9 | 19.8 | 14.7 | 16.8 | 13.3 |
| ≥ 55 y.o. | 18.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 26.7 | 24.7 | 16.6 | 22.3 | 24.7 | 18.5 | 27.8 |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 46.2 (19.2) | 47.8 (17.9) | 42.1 (18.9) | 39.1 (15.9) | 41.0 (16.0) | 45.7 (18.5) | 46.5 (20.6) | 45.8 (19.9) | 46.7 (19.4) | 50.1 (19.4) | 46.4 (20.0) | 52.1 (19.0) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male (%) | 79.8 | 80.4 | 77.8 | 82.0 | 75.5 | 82.0 | 83.2 | 79.7 | 80.6 | 72.8 | 81.3 | 79.5 |
| ISS | ||||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 24.2 (11.3) | 27.8 (13.0) | 24.9 (12.9) | 24.4 (12.7) | 23.3 (11.2) | 23.8 (11.1) | 22.7 (9.7) | 23.0 (9.9) | 26.1 (12.3) | 24.6 (10.6) | 22.0 (7.7) | 25.6 (13.1) |
| Etiology of trauma | ||||||||||||
| Sports (%) | 11.6 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 9.8 | 18.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.3 | 8.8 | 8.4 |
| Fall (%) | 35.0 | 41.3 | 29.6 | 34.4 | 32.1 | 34.0 | 31.7 | 32.9 | 26.9 | 38.3 | 38.8 | 47.0 |
| MVA (%) | 41.5 | 41.3 | 46.3 | 44.3 | 37.7 | 38.0 | 42.6 | 39.2 | 49.5 | 37.0 | 42.5 | 38.6 |
| Violence (%) | 4.8 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 3.3 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 7.5 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 3.6 |
| Other (%) | 7.1 | 8.7 | 11.1 | 8.2 | 3.8 | 11.0 | 5.9 | 11.4 | 2.2 | 11.1 | 3.8 | 2.4 |
| Injury level | ||||||||||||
| Cervical (%) | 63.4 | 56.5 | 63.0 | 57.4 | 56.6 | 65.0 | 71.3 | 64.6 | 54.8 | 66.7 | 65.0 | 68.7 |
| Thoracic (%) | 26.5 | 30.4 | 25.9 | 32.8 | 30.2 | 26.0 | 14.9 | 30.4 | 33.3 | 25.9 | 22.5 | 25.3 |
| Lumbar (%) | 10.1 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 13.2 | 9.0 | 13.9 | 5.1 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 12.5 | 6.0 |
| ASIA grade | ||||||||||||
| A (%) | 33.1 | 45.7 | 37.0 | 37.7 | 35.9 | 37.0 | 23.8 | 31.7 | 43.0 | 25.9 | 20.0 | 34.9 |
| B (%) | 13.0 | 15.2 | 16.7 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 11.8 | 18.5 | 12.5 | 10.8 |
| C (%) | 18.3 | 10.9 | 22.2 | 14.8 | 20.8 | 22.0 | 20.8 | 17.7 | 12.9 | 18.5 | 21.3 | 16.9 |
| D (%) | 35.3 | 23.9 | 22.2 | 36.1 | 34.0 | 30.0 | 42.6 | 36.7 | 32.3 | 37.0 | 46.3 | 37.4 |
| Paraplegia or tetraplegia | ||||||||||||
| Tetraplegia (%) | 63.9 | 58.7 | 61.1 | 55.7 | 56.6 | 64.0 | 73.3 | 65.8 | 55.9 | 66.7 | 66.3 | 69.9 |
| Diagnosis | ||||||||||||
| Occurrence of CCS (%) | 29.1 | 26.1 | 24.1 | 24.6 | 22.6 | 22.0 | 35.7 | 29.1 | 24.7 | 30.9 | 37.5 | 37.4 |
| Mortality rate | ||||||||||||
| Deceased patients (%) | 6.1 | 13.0 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 9.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 6.0 |
T-SCI, traumatic spinal cord injury; y.o., years old; SD, standard deviation; MVA, motor vehicle accident.