Chen C F, Lien I N
Paraplegia. 1985 Dec;23(6):364-70. doi: 10.1038/sc.1985.58.
This survey of spinal cord injuries in Taipei city from January 1978 to December 1981 was carried out by a review of the hospital records. During these four years 560 patients with acute spinal cord injury (SCI) were admitted to the hospitals in the city of Taipei. Of these, 123 were inhabitants of Taipei city, showing the annual incidence of SCI in Taipei to be 14.6 per million population. As a result of injury 118 patients were paraparetic, 180 were paraplegic, 117 tetraparetic and 145 were tetraplegic. The average age was 36 years and 2 months and one third were in the 20 to 29 year age group. The male/female ratio was 4.9. The causes of SCI were traffic accidents (44.5%), accidental falls (28.5%), struck by object (14.6%) and sports injury (3.4%). The mortality rate was 6.0%. Respiratory complication was the leading cause of death, accounting for 58% of the total deaths.
本研究通过回顾医院记录，对1978年1月至1981年12月台北市的脊髓损伤情况进行了调查。在这四年间，台北市各医院共收治了560例急性脊髓损伤（SCI）患者。其中，123例为台北市居民，显示台北市SCI的年发病率为每百万人口14.6例。受伤后，118例患者双下肢轻瘫，180例患者截瘫，117例患者四肢轻瘫，145例患者四肢瘫。平均年龄为36岁2个月，三分之一在20至29岁年龄组。男女比例为4.9。SCI的病因包括交通事故（44.5%）、意外跌倒（28.5%）、被物体撞击（14.6%）和运动损伤（3.4%）。死亡率为6.0%。呼吸并发症是主要死因，占总死亡人数的58%。
