The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC) has released the 2025 data on traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI), detailing current trends, demographics, and outcomes of SCI cases in the United States.
In terms of facts and figures, no major changes have occurred since 2015. However, last year, there were an estimated 18,421 new cases of SCI, with the leading causes being vehicular accidents, falls, and acts of violence. The average age at injury is 44, and approximately 78% of new SCI cases since 2015 have been male.
As of February 2025, the NSCISC database includes information on 54,618 individuals with SCI since it was established in1973.
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My injury occurred Dec 21,2012 from an auto accident. I am a male. C-5 was broken and my spinal cord stretched and damaged.
I had no feeling in my body except for the collar put around my neck. I could feel it pushing up on my cheeks.
Surgery to fuse my neck C3-C6 was done and the surgeons also removed the posterior section of the vertebrea.
I was told I was paralyzed and would never walk again.
I started to get some feeling back within 2 weeks and went into Rehab and learned to walk again. I stayed in the hospital for 5 1/2 weeks.
Discharged to my home.
Daily out patient PT and OT for the first year.
6 months after the accident I started driving myself to Therapy.
2 years after the accident my paralyzed left elbow started working.
Still no function in my left shoulder and some contractures in my left hand, wrist and fingers but there is feeling in them.
12 years later I am a driver for people with disabilities taking them to medical appointments.
My doctor says I am a miracle!
Life is good.