Table 3.

Cumulative number of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI), and non-traumatic spinal cord injury (NTSCI), with person-years of observations (PYO), mortality rates (per 1000 PYO), and lethality rates (per 1000 SCI cases) from 2008–2020. Piedmont Region, Italy.

	TSCI				NTSCI				All SCI cases		Overall mortality		Overall lethality
Year	Cases	PYO	Mortality rate (n)	Lethality rate	Cases	PYO	Mortality rate (n)	Lethality rate	N	PYO	rate (n)	95% CI	rate	95% CI
2008	49	27.1	36.9 (1)	20.4	51	26.7	149.7 (4)	78.4	100	53.85	92.8 (5)	40.3–199.6	50.0	21.5–111.8
2009	95	95.8	10.4 (1)	10.5	79	87.4	22.9 (2)	25.3	174	183.13	16.4 (3)	5.6–47.0	17.2	5.9–49.5
2010	151	219.7	18.2 (4)	26.5	112	177.9	11.2 (2)	17.9	263	398.56	15.1 (6)	6.9–32.4	22.8	10.5–48.9
2011	178	374.3	2.7 (1)	5.6	138	297.4	23.5 (7)	50.7	316	673.63	11.9 (8)	6.0–23.3	25.3	12.9–49.2
2012	252	566.0	7.1 (4)	15.9	168	427.5	23.4 (10)	59.5	378	996.43	14.1 (14)	8.4–23.4	37.0	22.2–61.2
2013	252	786.2	15.3 (12)	47.6	176	559.1	14.3 (8)	45.5	428	1349.18	14.8 (20)	9.6–22.8	46.7	30.5–71.1
2014	276	1015.5	3.0 (3)	10.9	189	710.8	12.7 (9)	47.6	465	1731.27	6.9 (12)	4.0–12.1	25.8	14.8–44.6
2015	316	1289.3	10.1 (13)	41.1	213	881.0	10.2 (9)	42.3	529	2175.49	10.1 (22)	6.7–15.3	41.6	27.6–62.2
2016	343	1582.7	5.7 (9)	26.2	237	1065.9	13.1 (14)	59.1	580	2648.54	8.7 (23)	5.8–13.0	39.7	26.6–58.8
2017	372	1895.2	4.7 (9)	24.2	241	1256.1	11.9 (15)	62.2	613	3151.29	7.6 (24)	5.1–11.3	39.2	26.4–57.6
2018	397	2231.9	3.1 (7)	17.6	263	1421.8	9.8 (14)	53.2	660	3653.72	5.7 (21)	3.8–8.8	31.8	20.9–48.2
2019	418	2613.2	6.5 (17)	40.7	275	1610.5	9.9 (16)	58.2	693	4223.71	7.8 (33)	5.6–11.0	47.6	34.1–66.1
2020	422	2941.2	5.1 (15)	35.5	279	1768.0	14.1 (25)	89.6	701	4709.17	8.5 (40)	6.2–11.5	57.1	42.2–76.8

SCI Spinal Cord Injury TSCI traumatic SCI, NTSCI non-traumatic SCI, PYO person-years of observations, 95% CI 95% confidence interval