@article{ref1,
title="Incidence of non-traumatic spinal cord injury in Victoria, Australia: a population-based study and literature review",
journal="Spinal Cord",
year="2008",
author="New, Peter Wayne and Sundararajan, V.",
volume="46",
number="6",
pages="406-411",
abstract="Study design: Data extraction from a state-wide, population-based, health-administration database of hospital admissions.Objective:To determine the incidence of non-traumatic spinal cord injury (NTSCI). Setting:Victoria, Australia. Methods:All patients admitted to hospital with a new onset of NTSCI, or who developed NTSCI after hospitalization, between 1 July 2000 and 30 June 2006, were identified using a population-based database. Age and gender of NTSCI patients were recorded.Results:The number of adults aged 15 years and older with NTSCI in each of the 12-month periods was 82, 111, 96, 108, 133 and 101. The average age-adjusted incidence rate of NTSCI in adults was 26.3 cases per million per year. There was no statistically significant increase in the age-adjusted incidence of NTSCI over the study period (Spearman's rho=0.35, P=0.5). The incidence of NTSCI was significantly greater than the reported incidence for traumatic spinal cord injury (chi (2) (1)=19.5, P <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1362-4393",
doi="10.1038/sj.sc.3102152",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3102152"
}