Statistics

Center Statistics Overview of Center Admissions By Year Etiology of SCI Acute Admissions Average Length of Stay Age at Injury Racial Distribution Neurological Impairment Mortality by Age Groups

Neurological Impairment

Tetraplegia refers to the condition of paralysis which results from damage to one of the eight cervical segments of the spinal cord and paraplegia refers to those lesions in the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral regions of the spinal cord. Since 2000, the most common neurological impairment is incomplete tetraplegia (40.4%), followed by complete paraplegia (20.6%), complete tetraplegia (19.7%) and incomplete paraplegia (19.1%). Trends over time show an increasing proportion of persons with incomplete tetraplegia.

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