title: A demographic study of spinal cord injured veterans.
abstract: These demographic characteristics are not absolute. They do, however, represent general trends for those SCI veterans identified by the PTF as utilizing the VAMCs. The typical SCI veteran described from this limited data base would be over 50 years old but possibly under age 65; the veteran would be a Caucasian male who served in World War II; currently he resides in a state with a large SCI center likely in the "sun belt" region of the country; and, this veteran is a nonservice connected paraplegic due to traumatic circumstances.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003710:Demography; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans