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*Worldwide, the prevalence of spinal cord compression is 236 to 1,298 per million pouplation. | *Worldwide, the prevalence of spinal cord compression is 236 to 1,298 per million pouplation. | ||
*In United States the prevalence is estimated to be 171,000 persons | *In United States the prevalence is estimated to be 171,000 persons | ||
==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overveiw
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The annual incidence rates of spinal cord compression is estimated approximately to be 8-246 cases per 100,000 population.[1][2]
Prevalence
- Worldwide, the prevalence of spinal cord compression is 236 to 1,298 per million pouplation.
- In United States the prevalence is estimated to be 171,000 persons
Demographics
Gender
Men are more commonly affected with spinal cord compression than females. The male to female ratio is approximately 4 to 1.
Race
There is no racial predilection to spinal cord compression.
References
- ↑ McKinley W, Santos K, Meade M, Brooke K (2007). "Incidence and outcomes of spinal cord injury clinical syndromes". J Spinal Cord Med. 30 (3): 215–24. PMC 2031952. PMID 17684887.
- ↑ Silva GT, Bergmann A, Thuler LC (2015). "Incidence, associated factors, and survival in metastatic spinal cord compression secondary to lung cancer". Spine J. 15 (6): 1263–9. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2015.02.015. PMID 25687415.