Brain Injury

Statistics

Of the 1.4 million who sustain a TBI each year in the US

• 50,000 die
  
• 235,000 are hospitalized
  
• 1.1 million are treated and released from an emergency department
  

The leading causes of TBI

• Falls (28%)
  
• Motor vehicle accidents (20%)
  
• Blow (19%)
  
• Assaults (11%)
  

Those at highest risk for TBI

• Males are about 1.5 times as likely as females to sustain a TBI
  
• Ages 0 to 4 years of age and 15 to 19 years of age
  
• Certain military duties
  
• African Americans have the highest death rate from TBI
  

The costs of TBI

Direct medical and indirect costs are an estimated $56.3 billion in the US

Source: Centers for Disease Control (CDC)