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Each year, approximately 1.4 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Of these, 50,000 die from the brain injury, 235,000 are hospitalized, and 1.1 million people are treated and released annually from hospital emergency rooms after sustaining a brain injury. More than 80,000 individuals will incur lifelong disabilities each year from brain injury.
TBI is defined as a blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the function of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a TBI. The severity of such an injury may range from "mild," i.e., a brief change in mental status or consciousness to "severe," i.e., an extended period of unconsciousness or amnesia after the injury. A TBI can result in short or long-term problems with independent function.
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| Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in children and young adults. For those who survive and their families, brain injury is life altering. Serious physical impairments are a frequent result, as are a variety of cognitive, behavioral and emotional complications. In addition, the costs related to brain injury are staggering. Individuals with severe brain injury typically face five to 10 years of intensive rehabilitation with cumulative costs exceeding $35 billion annually.1 Direct medical costs and indirect costs such as lost productivity of TBI totaled an estimated $56.3 billion in the United States in 1995. |
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| The leading causes of TBI are: falls (28%); motor vehicle – traffic crashes (20%); struck by/against (19%); and assaults (11%).2 Sports and recreational activities contribute to about 21 percent of all traumatic brain injuries among American children and adolescents.3 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimated 309,322 sports-related head injuries treated at U.S. hospital emergency rooms in 2005. |
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| What are the long-term consequences of TBI? |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that at least 5.3 million Americans currently have a long-term or lifelong need for help to perform activities of daily living as a result of a TBI.
TBI can cause a wide range of functional changes affecting thinking, sensation, language, and/or emotions. It can also cause epilepsy and increase the risk for conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and other brain disorders that become more prevalent with age.
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