Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by SCI etiology.
Non-traumatic SCI, n (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person characteristics | Degenerative disc disorder | Infection | Vascular disorder | Benign tumor | Malignant tumor | Other | Traumatic SCI, n (%) |
Overall survival characteristics | |||||||
N persons at risk (%) | 337 (9.3) | 126 (3.5) | 368 (10) | 129 (3.5) | 304 (8.3) | 93 (2.6) | 2286 (100) |
Person-years at risk | 3275 | 1256 | 3435 | 1461 | 1006 | 827 | 30,085 |
N deaths | 154 | 51 | 201 | 50 | 236 | 47 | 584 |
Sex | |||||||
Female | 141 (42.1) | 51 (40.8) | 139 (37.8) | 72 (55.8) | 99 (32.6) | 42 (45.2) | 583 (25.5) |
Male | 194 (57.9) | 74 (59.2) | 229 (62.2) | 57 (44.2) | 205 (67.4) | 51 (54.8) | 1703 (74.5) |
Age category | |||||||
16–30 | 9 (2.7) | 15 (11.9) | 17 (4.6) | 16 (12.4) | 14 (4.6) | 12 (12.9) | 700 (30.6) |
31–45 | 48 (14.2) | 21 (16.7) | 33 (9.0) | 19 (14.7) | 43 (14.1) | 24 (25.8) | 575 (25.2) |
45–60 | 85 (25.2) | 40 (31.7) | 87 (23.6) | 36 (27.9) | 72 (23.7) | 23 (24.7) | 459 (20.1) |
61–75 | 117 (34.7) | 32 (25.4) | 166 (45.1) | 37 (28.7) | 127 (41.8) | 22 (23.7) | 360 (15.7) |
75+ | 78 (23.2) | 18 (14.3) | 65 (17.7) | 21 (16.3) | 48 (15.8) | 12 (12.9) | 192 (8.4) |
Calendar period of diagnosis | |||||||
1990–2000 | 58 (17.2) | 39 (31.0) | 103 (28.0) | 31 (24.0) | 87 (28.6) | 19 (20.4) | 903 (39.5) |
2000–2011 | 279 (82.8) | 87 (69.0) | 265 (72.0) | 98 (76.0) | 217 (71.4) | 74 (79.6) | 1,383 (60.5) |
SCI severity | |||||||
Paraplegia, incomplete | 159 (50.5) | 59 (50.9) | 233 (65.5) | 88 (71.5) | 199 (68.9) | 47 (53.4) | 759 (34.2) |
Paraplegia, complete | 7 (2.2) | 15 (12.9) | 56 (15.7) | 6 (4.9) | 53 (18.3) | 13 (14.8) | 527 (23.7) |
Tetraplegia, incomplete | 146 (46.3) | 36 (31.0) | 57 (16.0) | 29 (23.6) | 33 (11.4) | 26 (29.5) | 709 (31.9) |
Tetraplegia, complete | 3 (1.0) | 6 (5.2) | 10 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.4) | 2 (2.3) | 225 (10.1) |
