Quick Facts on Spinal
Cord Injury
- There
are approximately 35,000 Canadians with spinal cord injuries.
- Approximately
50% of permanent spinal cord injuries result in quadriplegia and 50%
result in paraplegia.
- 80% of
people who sustain a spinal cord injury are between the ages of 18 and
34.
- Four
times as many men than women sustain spinal cord injuries.
- Car and
other motor vehicle collisions account for 40% of spinal cord injuries.
- People
who sustain a spinal cord injury resulting in paraplegia have the same
life expectancy rates as the general public.
- Individuals
with spinal cord injuries have the same marriage and divorce rates as
that of the general population.
- With
advances in medical technology and maternity medical care, men and women
with spinal cord injuries are able to have children.
- Individuals
with a spinal cord injury with post secondary education are more than
twice as likely to be employed as those without.
- 45% of
individuals with a spinal cord injury who returned to employment required
accessibility modifications.
- Studies
in the United States following legislation requiring accessibility modifications,
found the average cost of modifications for an individual business was
less than $500.
- One of
the largest challenges faced by people with spinal cord injuries is
attitudes of others.
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