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Statistics
During a three hour period in the USA today:
- 684 Americans will experience a TBI (5479/day)
- 17 Americans will die from a TBI (137/day)
- Most of these newly injured Americans will be: young children, young
adults ages 18-25, elderly adults over age 65
- Vehicle crashes will account for nearly 50% of all these TBIs
No one will be able to accurately report the number of persons who experienced a TBI in
Ohio today due to a lack of a TBI registry. However, based on national incidence and
prevalence statistics, it is estimated that:
30 Ohioans will have suffered a TBI today and will be counted as one of the 196,047
other Ohioans who are living with long term disabilities as a result of a TBI*
- 5 Ohioans will have died today due to a TBI*
- 11 Ohioans injured today will be under 22 years old
* Statistics compiled by Ohio Legal Rights Service
Traumatic Brain Injury CDC figures as of 4/99
| 2
million/yr. |
Injured |
| 1
million/yr. |
seek emergency care |
| 230,000/yr |
are hospitalized |
| 50,000/yr |
die with TBI |
| 80,000/yr |
result in long-term
disability |
| 5.3
million |
Americans with TBI disability |
| Up to 6.5
million |
Americans with TBI |
National Facts and Figures
|
100/100,000 |
Annual national rate of
TBI in USA |
| 2,000,000 |
Number of Americans who
experience a TBI each year |
| 50,000 |
Number of Americans each
year who die due to TBI |
| 5,300,000 |
Number of people in USA
with long term disabilities as a result of TBI |
| 25% |
Percent of TBI's that
are classified as moderate or severe |
| 30%
|
Percent of individuals
with TBI eligible for Medicaid |
| 18-25
|
The age when most TBI's
occur |
| 20% |
Mortality rate for TBI
in USA |
| 50% |
The percent of this
related to vehicle crashes |
| 34% |
The percent of all
injury deaths in the USA due to TBI |
| 64% |
The percent of children
with TBI due to child abuse |
| 10% |
The percent of all
individuals with disabilities in the USA who have a TBI |
| 20% |
The percent of
individuals with TBI resulting from violence related incidents |
Ohio Information about TBI
| 11,174 |
Estimated number of new
incidences of TBI per year in Ohio |
| 17.7% |
Mortality rate for TBI in Ohio in 1996 |
| 1977 |
Number of Ohioans who
die of TBI each year |
| 7768 |
Number of Ohioans who
are hospitalized each year due to TBI |
| 2590-3330 |
Number of Ohioans who
are disabled each year due to TBI |
| 74 |
Number of Ohioans each
year who persist in vegetative state due to TBI |
| 196,047 |
Number of people living
in Ohio with long term disabilities as a result of TBI |
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