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Facts on spinal cord injuries in the United States 2017

Overview of spinal cord injuries in the U.S. as of 2017

The data describes an overview with basic facts on spinal cord injuries in the United States as of 2017. Of those with spinal cord injuries, an average of 30% are re-hospitalized one or more times during any given year. At the end of 2017, there were approx. 288,000 people in the United States who had a spinal cord injury.

Spinal cord injury incidence rate (per million population)	54
Spinal cord injuries per year	17700
Number of people with spinal cord injuries	288000
Average age at spinal cord injury	43
Average length of stay in hospital acute care unit (days)	11
Average rehabilitation length of stay (days)	34
Percent of injured who are re-hospitalized in any given year	30
Average re-hospitalization length of stay (days)	22

Facts on spinal cord injuries in the United States 2017

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