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Table 3 Comparison of causes of injury in different degrees of spinal cord injury

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

Etiologies

ASIA scale

A (%)

B (%)

C (%)

D (%)

Low fall

129 (17.27)

267 (38.81)

293 (47.41)

976 (68.06)

High fall

410 (54.89)

277 (37.08)

249 (40.29)

365 (25.45)

MVCs

136 (18.21)

78 (11.34)

51 (8.25)

48 (3.35)

Falling objects

57 (7.63)

58 (8.43)

14 (2.27)

24 (1.67)

Sports

8 (1.07)

5 (7.27)

7 (1.13)

20 (1.39)

Violence

7 (0.94)

3 (4.36)

4 (0.65)

1 (0.07)