Oceania

O'Connor 2005
N=2959
(253 in 1997)

Australia

1986-1997
Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register; ages ≥ 15 years.

(1997 cases)
/
(1997 Australian Bureau of Statistics population data)

17.31/million/year (1997)

O'Conner, P 2002
N=265

Australia

1998-1999
Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register; ages ≥ 15 years. Transient neural deficits were excluded.

(adult SCI cases)
/
(Denominator not given)

14.5/million/year

Yeo 1993
N=772

New South Wales, Australia

1986-1992
Admission to 2 spinal units in Sydney with significant loss of motor power and sensation associated with SCI.

(1986-1992 admissions)
/
(1986-1992 population of NSW)

19.2/million/year (1986)
21.6/million/year (1987)
20.3/million/year (1988)
18.5/million/year
(1989)
18.8/million/year (1990)
14.4/million/year (1991)
15.6/million/year (1992)

Dixon et al. 1993
N=164 (1988)

New Zealand

1979-1988
SCI cases in Health Statistics Services files.

(total cases from 1988) + (Total cases from 1979-1988)
/
(population of New Zealand)
Source and date not provided.

49.1/million/year
(1988)

43.3/million/year
(1979-1988)

Maharaj 1996
N=75

Fiji

1985-1994
Medical Rehabilitation Unit at Tamavua Hospital

(Medical records of spinal cord paralysis patients admitted to the Medical Rehabilitation Unit at Tamavua Hospital)
/
(not given)

5.6/million/year (1986)
17.9/million/year
(1991)
10.0/million/year (1986-1991)