Table 1 Sociodemographic Profile.

From: The prevalence and profile of spinal cord injury in public healthcare rehabilitation units in Gauteng, South Africa

 

Overall (n = 386)

TSCI (n = 251)

NTSCI (n = 131)

p-value

Age

   

0.00a

Mean (SD)

36.90 (12.12)

   

Median

34

31

44

Range

18–75

  

Q1–Q3

 

26–39.75

32.5–51.5

Gender, n (%)

386

251

135

0.00a

Male

270 (69.95)

212 (84.46)

58 (42.96)

 

Female

116 (30.05)

39 (15.54)

77 (57.04)

Ethnicity, n (%)

386

251

135

0.08b

Black

357 (92.49)

236 (94.02)

121 (89.63)

 

White

13 (3.37)

5 (2.00)

8 (5.93)

Coloured

14 (3.63)

10 (3.98)

4 (2.96)

Indian

2 (0.52)

0

2 (1.48)

Area of residence, n (%)

371

245

126

0.06b

City of Tshwane

91 (24.53)

51 (20.82)

40 (31.75)

 

City of Johannesburg

88 (23.72)

62 (25.31)

26 (20.63)

City of Ekurhuleni

76 (20.49)

58 (23.67)

18 (14.29)

West Rand

15 (4.04)

7 (2.86)

6 (4.76)

Sedibeng

13 (3.50)

12 (4.90)

3 (2.38)

Another Province

88 (23.72)

55 (22.45)

33 (26.19)

Occupation, n (%)

334

229

105

0.00a

Unemployed

90 (26.95)

49 (21.39)

41 (39.05)

 

Self-employed

53 (15.87)

39 (17.03)

14 (13.33)

Formally employed

161 (48.20)

124 (54.15)

37 (35.24)

Student

17 (5.09)

14 (6.11)

3 (2.86)

Pensioner

13 (3.89)

3 (1.31)

10 (9.52)

Marital Status, n (%)

343

226

117

0.00a

Never Married

226 (65.89)

171 (75.66)

55 (47.01)

 

Married

93 (27.11)

45 (19.91)

48 (41.03)

Divorced

11 (3.21)

6 (2.65)

5 (4.27)

Widowed

13 (3.79)

4 (1.77)

9 (7.69)

Education, n (%)

250

177

73

0.22

Grade 9 or lower

59 (23.60)

47 (26.55)

12 (16.67)

 

Grade 10–11

84 (33.60)

61 (34.46)

23 (31.94)

Grade 12

89 (35.60)

59 (33.33)

30 (41.67)

Post-secondary

18 (7.20)

10 (5.65)

8 (11.11)

  1. Young, Black males are the most prevalent population group admitted for rehabilitation after TSCI. In the NTSCI population group, older women were significantly more common. A relatively similar proportion of participants resided in the City of Tshwane, City of Johannesburg as well as in The City of Ekurhuleni at the time of their injury. Most participants were formally employed and had never married at their time of injury with significant associations existing between these sociodemographic factors and injury aetiology. No association was found between participants’ highest level of education and injury aetiology.
  2. aSignificant p value.
  3. bFischer’s exact test.