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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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