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Spinal Cord Injury in America
250,000 Americans are spinal cord injured.
52% of spinal cord injured individuals are considered paraplegic and 47% quadriplegic.
Approximately 11,000 new injuries occur each year.
82% are male.
56% of injuries occur between the ages of 16 and 30.
The average age of spinal cord injured person is 31.
SCI injuries are most commonly caused by:
Vehicular accidents 37%
Violence 28%
Falls 21%
Sports-related 6%
Other 8
http://www.brainandspinalcord.org/blog/2008/07/fridays-fact-3/
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How many people in the world are paralyzed?
According to the World Health Organization, around 15% of the global population lives with some form of disability, which includes paralysis. However, the exact number of people who are paralyzed worldwide is difficult to determine due to variations in definitions and reporting methods across countries.
How many people worldwide are paralysed?
It is difficult to provide an exact number as the data varies, but estimates suggest that millions of people worldwide are living with paralysis. Causes can include spinal cord injuries, stroke, and neurological conditions like multiple sclerosis.
What it does mean if an human is paralyzed?
If a human is paralyzed it means that the person can not feel or move the part of the body that is paralyzed. There are many different parts of the body that can be paralyzed.
How people become paralyzed what part of the nervous system is not working when paralyzed?
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Do people get paralyzed when they play video games?
Nope
Can paralyzed people feel anything?
Yes they just can't move some part of their body.
In the story the acorn people was Benny b. paralyzed from polio?
yes
Is caitlyn beadles paralyzed?
No shes not paralyzed! (: (:(:(:(:(:(:
Does your penis work when you are paralyzed?
It depends on what nerves were damaged, some people who are paralyzed can still have sex because they have only lost motor control of their muscles and not the sensation. some people who are paralyzed have lost motor control of their muscles and all sensation so their sex organ can not be stimulated to achieve an erection. This can happen in either paraplegics or quadriplegics.
Does a paralyzed person still have reflexes?
not in the places there paralyzed...
How did Josef Mengele become the angel of death and Why?
He did tests on people that left them dead/paralyzed.
What part of the nervous system is not working when the people is paralyzed?
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