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Question:
Does anyone know of a list of general back injury statistics? I need it for a paper I am writing for biology.
Answer:
Spinal Cord Injury Stats
82 % are men, between 16-30 years of age;
avg age is 30;
most frequent is 19
Stats for head injury indicate a similar profile
56,000 new incidents of traumatic head injury due to accidents in California each
year
1100 new incidents of SCI each year;
5,000 deaths
Motor vehicle accidents cause most, 48%;
21% due to falls;
violence is 14%
Back Problems Stats
Back pain is felt by more than 80% of Americans at some point in their life
More than 90% of the people who have back trouble get well on their own using
nothing more than bed rest and aspirin.
Back injuries cost $126 billion a year in medical costs and lost
productivity.
The average back injury claim costs employers $18,365.
85 percent of backs involve lower back.
46,000 disabling back injuries a year.
2nd leading cause of absenteeism, 100 million lost days of work
Surgery can cost more than $55,000.
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