Brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide.
The annual incidence of brain injury is greater than that of breast cancer, spinal chord injury, HIV/AIDS, and multiple sclerosis combined.
60 to 65% of our troops wounded in an explosion in Iraq are coming home with brain injuries.
An estimated 5.3 million Americans (approximately 2% of the US population) are living with disability related to Traumatic brain injury.
Every year:
50,000 Americans die from TBI
235,000 are hospitalized and survive a TBI
1.1 million are treated and released
80,000 to 90,000 people sustain TBI, resulting in permanent disability
Fewer than 2 in 10 brain injured people in the US (less than 20%) will receive the necessary intervention and support they need to return to a meaningful life.
The number of people who are not seen in and emergency department or receive no care is unknown.
Every 21 seconds, someone in America sustains a brain injury.
Reference Sources: Brain Injury Association of America, National Brain Injury Association, Centers for Disease Control, Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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