March 2012

Brain Injury Facts

Incidence of brain injury • 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Injury Prevention, the leading causes of TBI are: o Falls (35.2%) o Motor vehicle-traffic crashes (17.3%) o Struck by/against events (16.5%) o Assaults (10%) • Brain injury can result in a

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