Traumatic Brain Injury Statistics

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES Prevalence Causes 2.5m injuries/year 473,947 of these injuries occur in kids (0-14) 40.5% Falls 2.2m 15.5% Struck by /against Emergency Department Visits 19% 280k 14.3% Assaults Hospitalizations Motor Vehicle 19% causes most Unknown 50k TBI deaths R.I.P deaths Турes 75% of TBIS are concussions or mild forms of TBI Most Affected Most injuries take place at night and on weekends Males Females 78.8% 21.2% African children 0-4 are 40% more likely to incur TBI than Caucasian kids 5.3m living with TBI-related disability (1 out of every 60) USA Quick Facts 33-50% were intoxicated at time of injury TBI is a contributing factor 30.5% suffer to 80-90k iong-term disability of all injury-related deaths 30k with long-term disabilities 13s Every are kids someone sustains a TBI $4 Average life time cost for survivor million Cost $60 Average annual cost as a nation billion 7 Long-term Effects & Recovery Memory Loss and Difficulty Concentrating Loss of motor control Impaired Emotional Judgment changes Communication Depends on #*!<@ Difficulties area of brain most affected Changes in 5 senses Fastest improvement happens within the first 6 months of injury 6 months - 2 years continued improvement After 2 years but may still occur improvements slow down substantially 33% 29% 26% 3% are employed unemployed retired students Sources http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/pdf/BlueBook_factsheet-a.pdf http://www.biausa.org/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=139399 http://thinkfirstnevada.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154:fast-facts-about-head-injury&catid=95<emid=531 http://www.msktc.org/lib/docs/Booklet/TBI_Booklet.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/pdf/TBI_Report_to_Congress_Epi_and_Rehab-a.pdf LADAH LAW FIRM