Bulletin 18

Spinal Cord Injury, Australia 1996/97

Raymond Cripps and Peter O'Connor

• Introduction
• Overview of spinal cord injury from traumatic causes
• Trends in persisting cases of SCI
• State of usual residence
• Age and sex distribution
• Factors associated with the SCI event
• Clinical information
• Glossary

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Cripps RA and O'Connor PJ. Spinal Cord Injury, Australia 1996/97. Australian Injury Prevention Bulletin 18, AIHW Cat. No. INJ013, April 1998. Research Centre for Injury Studies, Flinders University of South Australia, 1998.

The Australian Injury Prevention Bulletin is produced by the AIHW Injury Surveillance Unit, A program of the Research Centre for Injury Studies, Flinders University of South Australia.