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New estimates of traumatic SCI prevalence: a survey-based approach
C Harvey1, B B Rothschild, A J Asmann
1Rutgers Disability and Health Economics Research, Bureau of Economic Research, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.
Paraplegia
|November 1, 1990
Abstract:
New estimates of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) prevalence are developed from a survey specifically designed to identify the SCI population in both institutional and non-institutional settings. The survey utilised a mixed-mode sampling design based on probability sampling methods. Detailed interviews were conducted with SCI persons identified in this survey. We estimate that the traumatic SCI prevalence rate in the United States is 721 cases per million, and that there are about 177,000 SCI persons residing in the United States.