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Fast Facts

  • The most frequent cause of spinal cord injury is a motor vehicle collision. Other common causes include falls, diving accidents and medical complications.
  • 84% of people who sustain a spinal cord injury are under 34 years old.
  • 80% of all newly injured individuals who get referred to the Canadian Paraplegic Association are male.
  • Almost everything we know about spinal cord injury has been learned in the past 20 years. And more is being discovered all the time.
  • American actor Christopher Reeve (C1-2) was perhaps the world’s best known person with a spinal cord injury. He helped raise awareness of SCI and its consequences.
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