Incidence of traumatic spinal cord injuries in Finland over a 30-year period

Ahoniemi, Eija; Alaranta, Hannu; Em, Hokkinen; Valtonen, Kirsi; Kautiainen, Hannu

doi:10.1038/sc.2008.53

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“…In Australia, O'Connor 3 showed the agestandardized SCI incidence rate for 14.5 per million persons in 1998/1999. Among European countries, the incidence rates were lower relativelyFnamely, 13.8 for Finland ), 4 13.1 for Ireland (2000), 5 12.7 for Turkey (1992) 6 and 19.4 for France (2000), 7 respectively. In developing countries, systematic epidemiological studies were relatively less.…”

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Epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in Tianjin, China

et al. 2010

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Results: A total of 869 patients were included, with an estimated annual incidence was 23.7 per million populations. The male/female ratio was 5.63:1. Mean age of TSCI was 46.0 ± 14.2 years (men 45.8±14.2 years, women 47.5±14.5 years), with a range of 16-90 years. Falls were regarded as the leading causes of injury, followed by motor vehicle collisions. The lesion level was cervical in 71.5%, thoracic in 13.3% and lumbar/sacral in 15.1%. The frequency of tetraplegia (71.5%) was higher than paraplegia (28.5%), and roughly four-fifth of tetraplegia cases were incomplete injury. Conclusion: To our knowledge, national or local epidemiological study of spinal cord injury (SCI) has not been carried out previously in China. The number of SCI patients in this country is large and would increase gradually. Similar to other developing countries, falls were the main causes of TSCI. Low falls were more common in those over 60 years old. As the ageing society coming, the number of low falls-induced TSCI would increase gradually, which poses a challenge to the society health system.

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Epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in Tianjin, China

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“…The gender distribution (men/women) of TSCI was 3.4/1, which was similar to other studies, and their gender distribution ranged from 3.0/1-4.8/1. 15,16 It could be explained by risk-taking behaviors men performed. The highest number for both male and female were in 31-45 and 46-60 age groups, whereas the peak age in other reports range from 15 to 30.…”

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Epidemiological features of traumatic spinal cord injury in Anhui Province, China

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Study design: A retrospective hospital-based study. Objectives: To describe the epidemiologic features of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in Anhui Province. Setting: Two hospitals within Anhui Province, China. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the hospital records on all patients with TSCI, admitted between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2010 (n ¼ 761). Variables included age, gender, occupation, neurological level, severity of injury, cause and treatment. Results: Seven hundred and sixty-one cases of TSCI were identified. Five hundred and eighty eight were males (77.3%) and 173 were females (22.7%), with a mean age of 45 years (s.d. ¼ 13, range from 5 to 87). Fall from height was the leading cause of injury (52.6%), followed by transport (21.2%). The neurological lesion levels were cervical (46.3%), lumbosacral (33.3%) and thoracic (20.4%). Conclusion: Prevention strategies for TSCI should target 30-60 age group, males, farmers and fall from height. The results of this study will serve as a basis for further studies on TSCI. The prevention strategies and treatment should be designed according to the injury features. Epidemiologic studies identify high-risk groups and provide useful information for prevention efforts. It is, therefore, imperative to conduct epidemiologic studies of TSCI in order to formulate corresponding intervention strategies to epidemiological features. In this study, we outlined the epidemiological features of TSCI, which included age, gender, cause, occupation, neurological level and severity of injury at admission, treatment and so on. The results of this study will serve as a base for design prevention strategies and epidemiological studies in order to reduce the number of patients with TSCI.

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“…[6][7][8] In Beijing, the 2002 sampling survey shows that the ratio of males to females was 3.11:1.ref. 3 In the current study, the gender ratio is 4.1:1, which also indicates that males account for the majority of TSCIs.…”

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“…Studies have demonstrated that TSCI incidence per million population per year is 73.0 in Taiwan (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003), 15.0 in Australia (2007)(2008), 44.0 in Russia (1994)(1995)(1996), 13.8 in Finland (197613.8 in Finland ( -2005 and 40.0 in USA (2005). [3][4][5][6][7] It is estimated that the annual incidence in Beijing is 60.6 per million, 8 which is much higher than the reported figures for some other countries and regions. A 10-fold increase has occurred in Beijing compared with the rates from the 1980s (6.8 per million) to 2002 (60 per million).…”

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