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Table 3 Proportion of patients with different occupations (N = 657)

From: Traumatic spinal cord injury caused by low falls and high falls: a comparative study

Occupations

Low fall group

High fall group

Total

n = 173 (%)

n = 484 (%)

N = 657 (%)

Manual laborers

31 (17.9%)

181 (37.4%)

212 (32.3%)

Subsistence farmers

15 (8.7%)

110 (22.7%)

125 (19.0%)

Unemployed

38 (22.0%)

78 (16.1%)

116 (17.7%)

Retired

39 (22.5%)

7 (1.4%)

46 (7.0%)

Students

7 (4.0%)

34 (7.0%)

41 (6.2%)

Staff

17 (9.8%)

23 (4.8%)

40 (6.1%)

Freelancers

11 (6.4%)

14 (2.9%)

25 (3.8%)

Civil servants

8 (4.6%)

7 (1.4%)

15 (2.3%)

Professional skill workers

4 (2.3%)

9 (1.9%)

13 (2.0%)

Active duty soldiers

0 (0.0%)

11 (2.3%)

11 (1.7%)

Self-employed

2 (1.2%)

8 (1.7%)

10 (1.5%)

Enterprise administrators

1 (0.6%)

2 (0.4%)

3 (0.5%)