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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]

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Trauma is the main cause of acute spinal cord compression followed by compression due to metastasis. The annual incidence rates of spinal cord compression is estimated approximately to be 8-246 cases per 100,000 population. Men are more commonly affected with spinal cord compression than females. The male to female ratio is approximately 4 to 1

Epidemiology and Demographics

Incidence

The annual incidence rates of spinal cord compression due to trauma is estimated approximately to be 8-246 cases per 100,000 population.^[1]^[2]
The annual incidence rates of spinal cord compression due to cancer-related in the US is approximately 20,000.
The annual incidence rates of spinal cord compression due to epidural abscess in the US is approximately 2.8 cases per 10,000 hospital admissions

Prevalence

The annual prevalence of spinal cord compression is estimated approximately 236 to 1,298 per million population.

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.

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[pmid17684887-1] 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.

[pmid25687415-2] 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.

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