TABLE 1.
Descriptive statistics
| Country | Sex = male | Age | Years with the injury | Paraplegia | Income decile a | Nontraumatic SCI | Traumatic SCI | N | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work | Traffic | Leisure/sports | Violence | Falls | Others | ||||||||
| Australia | 73.30% | 57.5 (14.4) | 17.2 (14) | 61.10% | 6.66 (3.08) | 16.30% | 12.90% | 32.60% | 25.60% | 1.10% | 17.40% | 6.00% | 1579 |
| Brazil | 79.10% | 44.2 (16.7) | 3.3 (4.4) | 59.70% | 6.43 (2.89) | 29.90% | 10.00% | 13.90% | 8.50% | 18.90% | 16.90% | 3.00% | 201 |
| China | 71.10% | 49.7 (13.7) | 4.5 (4.2) | 66.90% | 5.37 (2.6) | 32.30% | 12.00% | 19.90% | 9.70% | 1.80% | 23.10% | 2.40% | 1354 |
| France | 72.60% | 51.6 (14.4) | 18.1 (13.7) | 66.30% | 2.96 (2.33) | 18.90% | 10.90% | 44.30% | 11.90% | 1.90% | 16.70% | 2.70% | 413 |
| Germany | 72.00% | 55.4 (14.9) | 12.9 (12.1) | 50.70% | 2.87 (2.37) | 20.20% | 10.90% | 29.30% | 18.10% | 0.70% | 23.30% | 6.10% | 1617 |
| Greece | 73.00% | 46.7 (12.6) | 15 (10.7) | 67.80% | 3.76 (2.66) | 14.00% | 12.00% | 48.00% | 8.50% | 1.50% | 14.50% | 5.50% | 200 |
| Italy | 74.30% | 50.9 (14.6) | 12.1 (9.6) | 73.80% | 3.57 (2.4) | 29.60% | 9.70% | 40.80% | 9.70% | 1.00% | 17.00% | 0.00% | 206 |
| Japan | 84.10% | 54.8 (14.9) | 20 (14.5) | 49.80% | 4.58 (3.63) | 9.90% | 31.10% | 42.70% | 13.20% | 0.00% | 30.80% | 0.30% | 302 |
| Lithuania | 62.80% | 42.3 (11.4) | 15.7 (10) | 70.00% | 3.38 (2.15) | 6.40% | 3.70% | 40.80% | 37.20% | 3.70% | 18.30% | 1.40% | 218 |
| Morocco | 72.50% | 38.6 (13.2) | 7 (8.4) | 74.00% | 1.84 (1.67) | 22.60% | 20.00% | 34.50% | 6.50% | 1.30% | 21.30% | 0.30% | 385 |
| The Netherlands | 66.50% | 58.6 (13.6) | 15.2 (13.8) | 62.30% | 3.73 (2.75) | 36.50% | 10.00% | 20.40% | 16.90% | 1.90% | 12.70% | 6.90% | 260 |
| Norway | 68.50% | 57.2 (16.3) | 8.3 (5.1) | 58.50% | 2.83 (2.44) | 30.00% | 10.30% | 16.40% | 20.70% | 1.50% | 28.20% | 7.20% | 610 |
| Poland | 83.10% | 46.8 (12.7) | 13.8 (10) | 53.50% | 3.31 (2.79) | 10.70% | 16.70% | 31.30% | 23.00% | 1.10% | 28.20% | 4.70% | 971 |
| Romania | 72.20% | 38.2 (11.8) | 8.2 (7.8) | 69.30% | 5.6 (3.13) | 16.20% | 13.00% | 28.70% | 16.20% | 0.50% | 29.60% | 1.90% | 216 |
| South Africa | 75.00% | 38.4 (12.6) | 10.3 (9.1) | 60.70% | 4.9 (2.67) | 7.50% | 4.00% | 31.50% | 17.00% | 34.50% | 7.00% | 0.50% | 200 |
| South Korea | 75.90% | 48 (11.7) | 15.6 (10.1) | 60.20% | 3.19 (2.54) | 7.80% | 14.70% | 47.20% | 11.10% | 0.70% | 21.60% | 4.40% | 890 |
| Spain | 70.00% | 51.3 (13.9) | 16.3 (12.6) | 63.00% | 3.91 (2.62) | 22.50% | 13.90% | 37.60% | 11.80% | 1.70% | 13.90% | 2.60% | 417 |
| Switzerland | 71.20% | 57.2 (14.7) | 19.1 (13.2) | 69.40% | 4.27 (2.74) | 20.40% | 12.00% | 27.50% | 27.50% | 2.00% | 21.60% | 5.50% | 1530 |
| Thailand | 71.20% | 45 (15.6) | 8.3 (8.5) | 74.10% | 2.94 (2.34) | 13.80% | 11.30% | 51.60% | 1.90% | 6.30% | 15.00% | 0.90% | 320 |
| USA | 58.10% | 45 (15.4) | 12.7 (11.4) | 61.20% | 6.89 (2.59) | 0.00% | 3.40% | 32.50% | 28.10% | 9.40% | 10.80% | 22.20% | 203 |
| Total | 72.90% | 51.7 (15.2) | 13.3 (12) | 62.00% | 4.18 (3) | 19.30% | 12.70% | 31.50% | 18.00% | 2.40% | 21.10% | 4.60% | 12,092 |
Note: For continuous variables, the reported numbers are the mean. Standard deviations are in parentheses.
Abbreviation: SCI, spinal cord injury.
a
The income variable is reported in deciles, from the poorest (1) to the richest 10).