Table 2 – Relative risk of CSI and spinal incident by beach location
From: Cervical spine injuries occurring at the beach: epidemiology, mechanism of injury and risk factors
Beach Location | Beach Safety Rating (SLSQ) | CSI | SLSQ Spinal Incidents | No: of beach users (BU) | Rate of CSI per million BU | Rate spinal Incidents per million BU | RR (95% CI) CSI C/W Alexandra Headland | RR (95% CI) spinal incident C/W Alexandra Headland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandra Headland | 5/10 | 1 | 11 | 5,850,667 | 0.17092 | 1.88013 | - | |
Buddina | 6/10 | 1 | 1 | 856,941 | 1.16694 | 1.16694 | 6.8 (0.4-109.0) | 0.6 (0.1-4.8) |
Currimundi | 6/10 | 1 | 3 | 1,498,160 | 0.66749 | 2.00246 | 3.9 (0.2-62.4) | 1.1 (0.3-3.8) |
Marcoola | 6/10 | 1 | 5 | 751,148 | 1.3313 | 6.65648 | 7.8 (0.5-124.5) | 3.5 (1.2-10.2) |
Maroochydore | 5/10 | 1 | 11 | 3,850,021 | 0.25974 | 2.85713 | 1.5 (0.1-24.3) | 1.5 (0.7-3.5) |
Peregian | 6/10 | 1 | 6 | 1,351,553 | 0.73989 | 4.43934 | 4.3 (0.3-69.2) | 2.3 (0.9-6.4) |
Rainbow | 5/10 | 1 | 9 | 1,571,802 | 0.63621 | 5.72591 | 3.7 (0.2-59.5) | 3.0 (1.3-7.3) |
Sunrise | 6/10 | 1 | - | 477,644 | 2.09361 | - | 12.2 (0.8-195.8) | - |
Coolum | 6/10 | 2 | 18 | 4,369,325 | 0.45774 | 4.11963 | 2.7 (0.2-29.5) | 2.2 (1.0-4.6) |
Dicky | 5/10 | 2 | 9 | 2,294,214 | 0.87176 | 3.92291 | 5.1 (0.5-56.3) | 2.1 (0.9-5.0) |
Sunshine | 6/10 | 2 | 6 | 2,076,501 | 0.96316 | 0.288948 | 5.6 (0.5-62.1) | 1.5 (0.6-4.2) |
Mudjimba | 6/10 | 3 | 6 | 1,547,876 | 1.93814 | 3.87628 | 11.3 (1.2-109.0) | 2.1 (0.8-5.6) |
Caloundra | 5/10 | 4 | 28 | 3,698,370 | 1.08156 | 7.5709 | 6.3 (0.7-56.6) | 4.0 (2.0-8.1) |
Noosa | 3/10 | 11 | 60 | 14,534,367 | 0.75683 | 4.12815 | 4.4 (0.6-34.3) | 2.2 (1.2-4.2) |
Mooloolaba | 5/10 | 22 | 87 | 12,006,163 | 1.83239 | 7.24628 | 10.7 (1.5-79.5) | 3.9 (2.1-7.2) |
Totals | 54 | 260 | 50,822,644 |