RT Book, Section A1 Go, Steven A2 Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 Ma, O. John A2 Yealy, Donald M. A2 Meckler, Garth D. A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 Cline, David M. A2 Thomas, Stephen H. SR Print(0) ID 1167028097 T1 Spine Trauma T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260019933 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167028097 RD 2024/10/13 AB Trauma to the spine can cause a vertebral column injury, a spinal cord injury, or both. A few studies have tried to estimate the annual incidence of specific types of vertebral column injuries in the general population with results ranging from 15 to 65 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 54 cases per million or 17,500 new cases per year, with 81% male victims, a mean age of 42 years, and a 63% non-Hispanic white predominance.3 Since 2010, the leading causes of spinal cord injury are vehicular (38%), falls (31%), and violence (13%). 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