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. 2015 Jul 29;21(3):189–200. doi: 10.1310/sci2103-189

Table 2. Participant characteristics by sample and region in 2013 (most recent follow-up).

Midwest Southeast


S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 Total
Gender
 Male 85.4 89.1 73.6 54.1 74.8 71.9
 Female 14.6 10.9 26.4 45.9 24.2 28.1
Race
 White 100.0 96.4 96.7 61.9 77.9 79.1
 Black 0.0 1.8 2.2 34.8 19.5 18.6
 Other 0.0 1.8 1.1 3.3 2.6 2.3
Injury severity
 C1-C4, Non-A 18.8 14.6 11.0 7.7 6.8 8.9
 C5-C8, Non-A 37.5 41.8 35.2 29.3 22.8 28.1
 Non-C, Non-A 33.3 23.6 37.4 44.8 35.9 37.1
 Ambulatory 10.4 20.0 16.5 18.2 34.6 25.9
Age at survey 64.9 (5.0) 59.3 (8.2) 56.1 (10.1) 54.2 (11.5) 52.0 (12.5) 54.3 (11.9)
Years post injury 45.9 (4.1) 36.1 (5.4) 29.8 (7.2) 26.5 (5.8) 22.9 (9.9) 27.0 (10.2)

Note: Values given as % or mean (SD). Non-A = nonambulatory; S = sample.