Table 1 .
Baseline characteristics by type of facility for non-traumatic spinal cord injury patients (N = 6,165) in Ontario, fiscal years 2006 to 2011
| Non-traumatic spinal cord injury | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Total NTSCI Cohort N = 6,156 | Trauma/Spine center |
Non-trauma center |
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| Overall NTSCI n = 2,820 | Excluding GBS and MS n = 1,566 | GBS and MS only n = 1,254 | Overall NTSCI n = 3,336 | Excluding GBS and MS n = 1,264 | GBS and MS only n = 2,072 | ||
| Age | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 53.8 (18.6) | 50.4 (20.3) | 53.5 (20.9) | 46.5 (18.8) | 56.6 (16.6) | 61.4 (17.0) | 53.7 (15.7) |
| Median (IQR) | 56 (43–67) | 53 (39–65) | 57 (44–68) | 48 (34–60) | 57 (45–69) | 63 (51–74) | 54 (43–65) |
| Age group, n (%) | |||||||
| <18 | 276 (4.5) | 239 (8.5) | 138 (8.8) | 101 (8.1) | 37 (1.1) | 17 (1.3) | 20 (1.0) |
| 18–39 | 960 (15.6) | 500 (17.7) | 180 (11.5) | 320 (25.5) | 460 (13.8) | 110 (8.7) | 350 (16.9) |
| 40–64 | 3,041 (49.4) | 1,335 (47.3) | 721 (46.0) | 614 (49.0) | 1,706 (51.1) | 549 (43.4) | 1,157 (55.8) |
| 65+ | 1,879 (30.5) | 746 (26.5) | 527 (33.7) | 219 (17.5) | 1,133 (34.0) | 588 (46.5) | 545 (26.3) |
| Sex, n (%) | |||||||
| Female | 3,213 (52.2) | 1,375 (48.8) | 685 (43.7) | 690 (55.0) | 1,838 (55.1) | 541 (42.8) | 1,297 (62.6) |
| Male | 2,943 (47.8) | 1,445 (51.2) | 881 (56.3) | 564 (45.0) | 1,498 (44.9) | 723 (57.2) | 775 (37.4) |
| Rurality, n (%)** | |||||||
| Urban | 5,298 (86.1) | 2,469 (87.6) | 1,363 (87.0) | 1,106 (88.2) | 2,829 (84.8) | 1,079 (85.4) | 1,750 (84.5) |
| Rural | 855 (13.9) | 350 (12.4) | 203 (13.0) | 147 (11.7) | 505 (15.1) | 184 (14.6) | 321 (15.5) |
| Comorbidity index, n (%) | |||||||
| Missing | 3,731 (60.6) | 1,665 (59.0) | 717 (45.8) | 948 (75.6) | 2,066 (61.9) | 532 (42.1) | 1,534 (74.0) |
| 0 | 1,370 (22.3) | 611 (21.7) | 371 (23.7) | 240 (19.1) | 759 (22.8) | 313 (24.8) | 446 (21.5) |
| 1 | 192 (3.1) | 103 (3.7) | 74 (4.7) | 29 (2.3) | 89 (2.7) | 53 (4.2) | 36 (1.7) |
| 2 | 264 (4.3) | 137 (4.9) | 119 (7.6) | 18 (1.4) | 127 (3.8) | 28 (1.4) | 99 (7.8) |
| 3+ | 599 (9.7) | 304 (10.8) | 285 (18.2) | 19 (1.5) | 295 (8.8) | 28 (1.4) | 267 (21.1) |
| Region of injury, n (%)** | |||||||
| Cervical | 607 (9.9) | 307 (10.9) | 307 (19.6) | * | 300 (9.0) | 300 (23.7) | * |
| Thoracic | 398 (6.5) | 260 (9.2) | 260 (16.6) | * | 138 (4.1) | 138 (10.9) | * |
| Lumbar | 620 (10.1) | 267 (9.5) | 267 (17.0) | * | 353 (10.6) | 353 (27.9) | * |
| Other | 4,531 (73.6) | 1,986 (70.4) | 732 (46.7) | 1,254 (100.0) | 2,545 (76.3) | 473 (37.4) | 2,072 (100.0) |
| Cause of injury, n (%)** | |||||||
| Missing | 4,973 (80.8) | 2,154 (76.4) | 1,060 (67.7) | 1,094 (87.2) | 2,819 (84.5) | 990 (78.3) | 1,829 (88.3) |
| Fall | 208 (3.4) | 83 (2.9) | * | * | 125 (3.7) | * | * |
| MVC | 30 (0.5) | 21 (0.7%) | * | * | 9 (0.3) | * | * |
| Other | 945 (15.4) | 562 (19.9) | 428 (27.3) | 134 (10.7) | 383 (11.5) | 221 (17.5) | 162 (7.8) |
*Suppressed for privacy, cell size less than 6.
**Does not add to 100% due to missing or suppressed data.
NTSCI = Non-traumatic spinal cord injury.
SD = Standard deviation.
IQR = Inter-quartile range.
GBS = Guillain Barré syndrome.
MS = Multiple Sclerosis.
MVC = Motor Vehicle Collision.