RT Book, Section A1 Go, Steven A2 Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 Ma, O. John A2 Yealy, Donald M. A2 Meckler, Garth D. A2 Cline, David M. SR Print(0) ID 1121495349 T1 Spine Trauma T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071794763 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121495349 RD 2024/03/29 AB Trauma to the spine can cause a vertebral spinal column injury, a spinal cord injury, or both. A few studies have tried to estimate the annual incidence of spinal column injury in the general population with results ranging from 11.8 to 64 cases per 100,000,1,2 but no current figures are available for the U.S. population. In contrast, the estimated annual incidence of spinal cord injury in the United States is 40 cases per million or 12,000 new cases per year, with 81% male victims, a mean age of 42.6 years, and a 67% Caucasian predominance.3 Since 2010, the leading causes of spinal cord injury are vehicular (37%), falls (29%), and violence (14%). Lifetime costs for spinal cord injury victims vary according to age at time of injury, severity of injury, and socioeconomic status; however, estimates range in millions of dollars per patient.3