Facts & Figures

A spinal cord injury (SCI) can happen to anyone at anytime. There are an estimated 12,000 people living with spinal cord injuries in BC, with 500 new injuries occurring each year.

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THE ECONOMIC TOLL OF SCI

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AS OUR POPULATION AGES
THE NUMBER OF NEW SCIS WILL INCREASE.
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SOCIAL SCI

1810members
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magazine
4,338

people received The Spin magazine

website
76,648
visits to our website
newsletter
1,162
subscribed to our Peer Newsletter

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twitter
2,754
Twitter followers
youtubered
446
YouTube subscribers
youtubeviews
48,853
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Last year the SCI BC InfoLine service received 2,830 information requests. 1,635 were phone calls and 1,195 were sent by email.
WHO CONTACTED US?
13%Family/Friend
18%General Public
53%Person with SCI/Related Disability
16%Health Care Agency
TOP 5 REQUESTS     1. Housing     2. Recreation    3. Funding     4. Health      5. Equipment

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16,636

visits to our online SCI BC Database
(63,314 page views)

housing
3,921

visits to our SCI BC Housing Board
(34,060 page views)

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1,634

visits to our SCI BC Job Board
(5707 page views)

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4,217

visits to our SCI BC Swap & Shop
(95,377 page views)

From the time we meet people with new injuries, to the time they go home and adapt to their new lives, our peer and information services staff are always just a phone call away. (At 1-800-689-2477, in case you were wondering.)