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.