Activity of Spinal Units in 1995/96

In addition to collecting information about newly incident cases of SCI from traumatic and non-traumatic causes, ASCIR also collected information on readmissions to the SUs. The readmission process identified cases for registration who's SCI incident occurred prior to the commencement of the Walsh data collection, in 1986, and in the period between cessation of that collection and the commencement of ASCIR (i.e. 1992-mid 1995). It also identified cases that were missed during the period of the Walsh data collection. The process increased the coverage of ASCIR and it also assisted with the monitoring of the health conditions of the prevalent population that were managed by the SUs.

The reporting of incident cases and readmissions to ASCIR between 1 July 1995 and June 30 1996 is presented by State and SU in Table 8. The SUs reported 340 new cases of SCI, incident in 1995/96. Two hundred and seventy-three of these were from traumatic causes, of which 262 occurred to Australian residents in Australia (11 occurred either to Australian residents who were overseas at the time that they had their injury or to non-residents who had their SCI in Australia). Sixty-seven cases were due to non-traumatic causes.

As a result of the readmission process, 224 cases were registered whose SCI incident occurred prior to the commencement of ASCIR, and 148 readmission forms were forwarded detailing the health conditions of the prevalent population that were managed by the SUs.

*Table 5: Reporting of incident cases and readmissions to ASCIR between 1 July 1995 and June 30 1996 by State and Spinal Unit, Australia, 1995/96*
New South Wales
	Newly incident cases*		Cases incident prior to the commencement of ASCIR	Total incident cases reported	Readmission forms forwarded to ASCIR
	Traumatic	Non-traumatic	Cases incident prior to the commencement of ASCIR	Total incident cases reported	Readmission forms forwarded to ASCIR
State and Spinal Unit
Royal North Shore Hospital / Moorong	59	6	27	92	12
Prince Henry Hospital	27	2	8	37	8
Victoria
Austin Hospital	65	28	61	154	42
Queensland
Princess Alexandria Hospital	73	11	25	109	1
South Australia
Royal Adelaide Hospital / Hampstead	24	17	27	68	14
Western Australia
Royal Perth Hospital	25	3	76	104	79
All Spinal Units	273	67	224	564	148

*Complete ascertainment of newly incident cases of SCI was confirmed by each SU.

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