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Table 1 Demographic information, etiology of patients with SCI from 2014 to 2018

From: Epidemiological characteristics of spinal cord injury in Northwest China: a single hospital-based study

Years

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Total

Age

 0–20

2

0

1

1

5

9

 20–29

86

79

93

117

146

521

 30–39

335

274

361

344

385

1699

 40–49

114

107

143

198

228

790

 50–59

67

85

70

83

109

414

 ≥ 60

13

5

8

11

17

54

Gender

 Male

446

413

504

533

613

2509

 Female

171

137

172

221

277

978

Occupation

 Farmer

387

354

401

442

491

2075

 Worker

155

138

179

213

258

943

 Government-offices

43

37

58

61

68

267

 Retired

8

6

8

15

36

73

 Students

15

10

18

13

19

75

 Other*

9

5

12

10

18

54

Etiology

 Low fall

301

277

328

358

401

1665

 High fall

252

223

241

259

326

1301

 MVCs

39

41

72

77

84

313

 Fall objects

15

4

24

47

63

153

 Sports

8

4

6

9

13

40

 Violence

2

1

5

4

3

15

Total number

617

550

676

754

890

3487

  1. Other* included unemployed individuals and self-employed individuals
  2. MVCs motor vehicle collisions