Table 1. Summary of the demographic information for SCI patients.
| Demographics | N = 591 | Tetraplegic (N = 362) |
Paraplegic (N = 229) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 46.1 ± 18.9 | 50.3 ± 18.5 | 39.4 ± 17.4 |
| Male Sex | 436 (74%) | 261 (72%) | 175 (76%) |
| Race | |||
| White | 343 (58%) | 204 (56%) | 139 (61%) |
| Black | 145 (25%) | 95 (26%) | 50 (22%) |
| Asian | 6 (1%) | 3 (1%) | 3 (1%) |
| Other | 97 (16%) | 60 (17%) | 37 (16%) |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 88 (15%) | 48 (13%) | 40 (17%) |
| Insurance | |||
| Private | 239 (40%) | 146 (40%) | 93 (41%) |
| Medicaid | 34 (5%) | 23 (7%) | 11 (5%) |
| Medicare | 90 (15%) | 73 (20%) | 17 (7%) |
| Uninsured | 239 (40%) | 120 (33%) | 108 (47%) |