Table 1

Admissions to spinal injury units

N	Year	Age	Injury	Neurological deficit^*	Unit	Mechanism
1	1996	14.8	C 3/4 S	None	Dublin	Scrum
2	1997	15.10	C 5/6 ^#S	Incompl D	Glasgow	Tackle
3	1998	18.3	C 5/6 S	Incompl D	Dublin	Tackle
4	1998	16	C7 Burst^#	None	Dublin	Tackle
5	1998	15.4	C5 SpPr^#	None	Dublin	Tackle
6	1998	16.11	C 4/5 5/6 Disc	Compl A	Dublin	Scrum
7	1999	17.1	C6 ^#	Incompl D	Glasgow	scrum
8	1999	17.10	C5/6 ^#	Compl A	Belfast	Tackle
9	1999	18.10	C 5/6 S	Compl A	Dublin	Scrum
10	1999	15.4	C6 Burst^#	None	Dublin	Tackle
11	2000	18.2	C3 Burst^#	None	Oswestry	Tackle
12	2000	18.4	C 4/5 UFD	Incompl D	Cardiff	Scrum
13	2001	16.5	C 4/5BFD	Compl A	Glasgow	Scrum
14	2001	16.8	C1/2 Rot Sub	None	Dublin	Kick
15	2001	18.1	C 5/6BFD	Compl A	Cardiff	Collision
16	2002	15.1	C 5/6S	None	Dublin	Tackle
17	2003	17.2	C 5/6 BFD	Compl A	Pinderfields	Tackle
18	2003	16.7	C 5/6BFD	Compl A	Stoke Mand	Tackle
19	2004	18.10	C 4/5S	Compl A	Dublin	Scrum
20	2004	18.5	C 4/5BFD	Incompl D	Belfast	Scrum
21	2004	17.1	C 3/4	Compl A	Stoke Mand	Scrum
22	2004	17	C 5/6BFD	Compl A	Stanmore	Tackle
23	2005	17	C5/6 S	Compl A	Dublin	Scrum
24	2005	15	C 5/6BFD	Compl A	Belfast	Scrum
25	2005	15.4	C 3/4 BFD	None	Glasgow	Tackle
26	2007	15.7	C 5/6^#D	Compl A	Glasgow	Tackle
27	2007	17.6	C4/5UFD	Incompl D	Glasgow	Tackle
28	2008	17.8	C 4/5BFD	Compl A	Glasgow	Scrum
29	2008	16	C4/5 ^#D	Incompl B	Glasgow	Tackle
30	2008	16.4	C 5/6 ^#D	Incompl D	Glasgow	Ruck
31	2008	16.7	C 5/6 BFD	Compl A	Middlesboro	Collision
32	2008	17	C 5/6 BFD	Incompl D	Stoke Mand	Scrum
33	2009	17.3	C6	Compl A	Salisbury	Maul
34	2009	14.8	C 2/3 S	None	Glasgow	Maul
35	2010	17	C 4/5BFD	None	Oswestry	Tackle
36	2010	15	C 5/6 BFS	None	Oswestry	Tackle

↵* Neurological deficit by ASIA or Frankel classification.
↵# Fracture.
BF, bifacet; D, dislocation; RotSub, rotatory subluxation; S, subluxation; SpPr, spinous process; UF, unifacet.