Table 2
Neurological level of work related SCI by external cause, Australia (total case count, 1986–97; age 15–64 years)
| Paraplegia | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetraplegia: cervical | Thoracic | Lumbar | Sacral | Total | ||||||
| External cause | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % |
| Note: excludes 11 cases where neurological level of injury was not reported. | ||||||||||
| Motor vehicle | 27 | 52.9 | 17 | 33.3 | 7 | 13.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 100.0 |
| Unprotected | 6 | 20.0 | 16 | 53.3 | 8 | 26.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 100.0 |
| Fall | 51 | 32.3 | 67 | 42.4 | 36 | 22.8 | 4 | 2.5 | 158 | 100.0 |
| Struck/crushed | 18 | 21.2 | 47 | 55.3 | 17 | 20.0 | 3 | 3.5 | 85 | 100.0 |
| Other and unspecified | 11 | 32.4 | 12 | 35.3 | 11 | 32.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 100.0 |
| Total | 123 | 163 | 83 | 9 | 358 | 100.0 | ||||
