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Primary Payer of Medical Costs at Time of Injury:

Rehab Unit – Paraplegics, incomplete 26 daysĪverage charges (2018 dollars) Note: Specific cases are considerably higher.

Rehab Unit – Paraplegics, complete 35 days.

Rehab Unit – Quadriplegics, incomplete 35 days.

Rehab Unit – Quadriplegics, complete 56 days.

Acute Care Unit – Paraplegics, incomplete 10 days.

Acute Care Unit – Paraplegics, complete 13 days.

Acute Care Unit – Quadriplegics, complete 10 days.

Acute Care Unit – Quadriplegics, complete 21 days.

Rehabilitation lengths of stay have also declined from 98 days in the 1970s to 31 days recently. Lengths of stay in the hospital acute care unit have declined from 24 days in the 1970s to 11 days recently. People who return to work after the first year post-injury either worked for different employers or were students who found work. People who return to work in the first year post-injury usually return to the same job for the same employer.

Unemployed 39.3% (includes: students, retired, and homemakers).

84.3 % reported ‘No Change’ in marital status.

Acts of violence and sports cause less injuries as age increases.

Falls overtake motor vehicles as leading cause after age 45.

About 2/3 of sports injuries are from diving.

Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of SCI (39.3%), followed by falls (31.8%), acts of violence (13.5%), sports (8%), medical/surgical (4.3%), and other (3.1%).

Highest per capita rate of injury occurs between ages 16-30.About of new SCI cases are 78% male, 22% female.Injuries not recorded include cases where the patient died instantaneously or soon after the injury, cases with little or no remaining neurological deficit, and people who have neurologic problems secondary to trauma, but are not classified as SCI. Most researchers feel that these numbers represent significant under- reporting. Percentage of SCI individuals unemployed ten years after injury 77%ĥ4 injuries per million population or 17,730 injuries in the US each year.Percentage of SCI individuals who are covered by private health insurance at time of injury 49.7%.lifetime costs for quadriplegics C5-C8, age of injury 25: $3.6 million lifetime costs for quadriplegics C1-C4, age of injury 25: $5 million Average lifetime costs for paraplegics, age of injury 25: $2,450,234.First year expenses for quadriplegics C5-C8: $816,019.First year expenses for quadriplegics C1-C4: $1,129,302.First year expenses for paraplegics: $550,381.Average stay in rehabilitation unit: 31 days.Length of initial hospitalization following injury in acute care units: 11 days.What Do Spinal Cord Injuries Really Cost? 87.4% of all SCI individuals are discharged from hospitals to a private home, 6.7% are discharged to nursing homes.The average age of spinal cord injured person is 43.Nearly half (47.6%) of all injuries occur between the ages of 16 and 30.Approximately 17,730 new injuries occur each year.39.5% of spinal cord injured individuals are considered paraplegic and 59.9% quadriplegic.Approximately 291,000 Americans are spinal cord injured.Who Do Spinal Cord Injuries Affect in the United States? The length of hospital stays is declining with the average stay in hospital acute care at 11 days – down from 24 in the 1970’s – and rehabilitation stays at 31 days – down from 98 days in the 1970’s. The average age at injury has moved from 29 years in the 1970’s to 43 years in 2018. Researchers have estimated that, as of 2019, 17,730 new SCI cases occur each year and between 249,000 and 363,000 people are currently living with SCI in the United States.

Violence (primarily gunshot wounds) 13.5%.Spinal Cord InjuriesĪccording to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center at UAB, the distribution of the causes of SCI have changed drastically from 2015-2018/19. Think you know the facts about spinal cord injuries? Here is some information that may surprise you.