A brain injury can be life altering. The victim's personality can change. A person may experience subtle differences in cognitive or physical abilities. When they have suffered a catastrophic brain injury involving oxygen deprivation or severe trauma, people may become unable to speak, work or perform everyday functions. In some cases, a brain injury can lead to a long term coma or death.
Every 15 seconds, someone in the US will sustain a TBI.
There are approximately 1.4 million TBI’s per year. Of these, 50,000 will die, 235,000 will be hospitalized, and more than 80,000 will be left with life-long disabilities.
1.1 million people with TBI are treated and released from an emergency department each year.
Males are about 1.5 times more likely to sustain a TBI than females.
The two highest-risk age groups are 0 to 4 and 15-19.
African Americans have the highest death rate from TBI.
At least 5.3 million Americans (nearly 2% of the population) currently have a long-term or lifelong need for help to perform activities of daily living as a result of TBI.
The CDC estimates that there may be 1.6 to 3.8 million sports-related TBI’s each year.
TBI is the leading cause of death and disability among children and young adults.
The leading causes of TBI are falls (28%), motor vehicle accidents (20%), being struck or banging head against an object (19%), and assault (11%).
A brain injury caused by a firearm is more likely to be fatal than any other type of brain injury.
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