Griffin M R, Opitz J L, Kurland L T, Ebersold M J, O'Fallon W M
Am J Epidemiol. 1985 Jun;121(6):884-95. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114058.
The incidence rate for acute traumatic spinal cord injury in Olmsted County, Minnesota, for 1935-1981, standardizing for age, sex, and calendar year, was 54.8 per million person-years--83.4 for males and 27.7 for females. Thirty-eight per cent of cases died prior to hospitalization. The annual incidence rate for those reaching hospital alive was 34.2 per million person-years. The proportion of cases dying during initial hospitalization was 11.5%. Considering all deaths within the first year after injury, the standardized mortality rate from spinal cord trauma was 25.5 per million person-years. Automobile-related injuries constituted half of all causes of spinal cord injury and death. An increase in both incidence and hospitalization rates of traumatic spinal cord injuries in the past 17 years was observed in young men, attributable to recreational and motorcycle-related events.
明尼苏达州奥尔姆斯特德县1935年至1981年期间，经年龄、性别和历年标准化后的急性创伤性脊髓损伤发病率为每百万人年54.8例——男性为83.4例，女性为27.7例。38%的病例在住院前死亡。存活至入院的患者年发病率为每百万人年34.2例。初次住院期间死亡的病例比例为11.5%。考虑到受伤后第一年内的所有死亡病例，脊髓创伤的标准化死亡率为每百万人年25.5例。与汽车相关的损伤占脊髓损伤和死亡所有原因的一半。过去17年中，年轻男性创伤性脊髓损伤的发病率和住院率均有所上升，这归因于娱乐和与摩托车相关的事件。
