A nationwide epidemiological survey of spinal cord injuries in Japan from January 1990 to December 1992

Abstract

was carried out by a statistical method of the nationwide epidemiological study. The number of the registered patients during these 3 years was 9752 and the mean response rate of every of the 47 prefectures was 51.4%. The registered patients with neurological deficits (Frankel A-D) were 7471 and the annual spinal cord injury incidence was 40.2 per million. The ratio of cervical cord injuries to more caudal SCI was 3:1. The age distribution and the causes of spinal cord injuries are presented in detaiL From the results of this study, the prevention campaign should be focused mainly on the following topics: sports and motorcycle accidents involving young people; traffic accidents involving adults; falling accidents involving aged people.

Spinal cord lesions in Bangladesh: an epidemiological study 1994–1995

“…Our male to female ratio of 7.5 : 1.0 is higher in Japan and in Jordan, 3,6 and this is not surprising in a country such as Bangladesh where the majority of women remain in the home as housewives, and are not subject to the more violent forms of accidents to which men are exposed. This supports the tenets of Kuhn 7 who concluded that`the sex ratio re¯ects the socioeconomic and cultural status of a society'.…”

“…2,6 However, in a more developed country such as Japan the average age is between 40 ± 70, with a peak at 59 years. 3 It seems that our younger patients had fallen from a signi®cant height, while thè elderly' Japanese patients had fallen while on the ground. 3 Falling from a height was the most commoǹ traumatic' cause of spinal cord injury in our series (76 patients, 43%, and RTA 18%), and this is similar to that reported from India (fall 55%, and RTA 13%), 1 Nigeria (fall 48%, and RTA 36%) 8 and Romania (fall 59%, and RTA 13%).…”

The global map for traumatic spinal cord injury epidemiology: update 2011, global incidence rate

“…32,69,70 In contrast, Map 2 also demonstrates a high proportion of paraplegia secondary to high falls in Asia, South (Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal) as well as a component of low falls (Bangladesh). [71][72][73] Violence-related TSCI occurs in regions of conflict or high availability of weapons (gunshot wounds and stabbings).…”

The Tetrafigap Survey on the long-term outcome of tetraplegic spinal cord injured persons, Part II: Demographic characteristics and initial cause of injury

“…21 Lin et al reported an even higher proportion of complete lesions 22 while most of the other series 3,6,7,12,15 show a majority of incomplete injuries. It is worth noting that the most recent studies 21,22 are the ones that found the largest number of complete injuries.…”

“…Some surveys would appear to deal with populations recruited using very di erent options. 3 Therefore, it may sometimes be di cult to establish ®rm grounds for making comparisons.…”