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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
*The annual incidence rates of spinal cord compression is estimated approximately to be 8-246 cases per 100,000 population. | *The annual incidence rates of spinal cord compression is estimated approximately to be 8-246 cases per 100,000 population.<ref name="pmid17684887">{{cite journal |vauthors=McKinley W, Santos K, Meade M, Brooke K |title=Incidence and outcomes of spinal cord injury clinical syndromes |journal=J Spinal Cord Med |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=215–24 |year=2007 |pmid=17684887 |pmc=2031952 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Prevalence=== | ===Prevalence=== | ||
*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. | ||
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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]
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.