North America - Canada

Pickett et al. 2003
N=2385

Ontario, Canada

1994-1999
Hospital admissions for SCI in Ontario Trauma Registry.

(age-specific cases)
/
(demographic structure general population from Statistics Canada data)

37.2/million/year (1994/95)

46.2/million/year (1995/96)

Pickett et al. 2006
N=151

London, Ontario, Canada

1997-2006
Hospital admissions for SCI in Ontario Trauma Registry.

(age specific cases)
/
(demographic structure general population from Statistics Canada data)

40.8/ million/year
(1997-2000)
21/million/year (1997)
26/million/year (1998)
44/million/year (1999)
49/million/year (2000)

Hu et al. 1996
SCI=122

Manitoba, Canada

1981-1984
Manitoba Health Services Insurance Plan database

(records of hospital databases and physician reimbursement claims)
/
(1982 Manitoba population census)

40/million/year

Dryden et al. 2003
N=450

Alberta, Canada

1997-2000
Data from the Alberta Ministry of Health and Wellness, the Alberta Trauma Registry, and the Office of the Medical Examiner

(All identified cases)
\
(Mid-year population census for 1998 )

52.5/million/year