| Each year, an estimated 2.5 million traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) occur in the United States. | braintrauma.org | 2021 |
| Of these, over 60,000 people die. | CDC | 2019 |
| Over 200,000 are hospitalized each year, | CDC | 2018 |
| and 2.2 million are treated and released from emergency departments. | biausa.org | 2018 |
| Annually, more than 80-90,000 individuals are left with life-long disabilities from TBI. | CDC | 1999 |
| Over 5.3 million Americans are living today with a TBI-related disability. | CDC | 2014 |
| TBI is the leading cause of death and disability among childrenand adolescents with the two age groups at highest risk being 0-4 and 15-19. | CDC | 2014 |
| Males are 1.5 times as likely to incur a TBI as females. | CDC | 2014 |
| The highest TBI-related hospitalization and death rates occurredamong individuals 75 years and older. | CDC | 2017 |
| Leading Causes of Traumatic Brain Injury | CDC | 2014 |
| Falls 47% | ||
| Motor vehicle accidents 14% | ||
| Struck by or against 15% | ||
| Assaults 9% | ||
| Unknown/Other 15% | ||
| Lifetime costs to treat someone with a TBI are estimated to be between $85,000 to $3 million. | Newsom/Melton and Northwestern University | 2015 |
| Indirect annual costs have been calculated at over $48 billion. | Newsome/Melton | |
| The total annual cost for TBI-related injuries in the US is $76.5 billion. | CDC | 2006 |
| The Federal government spends less than $3 per brain injured person on TBI research and services per year ($0.60 per person). | Eric Ratinoff Law and NIH Research Runding | 2021 |
| Comparison of Annual Incidence Rates | ||
| MS 325,000 | Multiple sclerosis prevalence in the United States commercially insured population | 2016 |
| SCI 18,000 | National Spine Cord Injury Statistical Center | 2016 |
| HIV/AIDS 35,000 | HIV.gov | 2021 |
| Prostrate Cancer 270,000 | American Cancer Society | 2021 |
| Breast Cancer 285,000 | breastcancer.org | 2021 |
| Traumatic and Non-Traumatic BI 3,406,530, includes: | CDC | 1999 |
| 25,000 Viral Encephalitis | John's Hopkins | 2021 |
| 30,000 Aneurysm | Brain Aneurysm Foundation | 2021 |
| 25,000 Tumor | cancer.net | 2021 |
| 795,000 Stroke | CDC | 2018 |
| 2,500,000 TBI | braintrauma.org | 2021 |
| About 1 in 7 people who've had the COVID-19 virus have developed neurological side effects, or symptoms that affected their brain function. | WebMD | 2022 |
| Of those hospitalized with COVID-19, 82% developed neurologic complications and 49% acute encephalopathy (diffuse disease that alters brain function or structure). | Global Consortium Study of Neurologic Dysfunction in COVID-19 | 2022 |
| As of November 2021, 75 million people have been infected with COVID-19. While the vast majority will survive, many may be left with residual effects. | Frontiers in Pain Research | 2021 |
| A 2021 study of hospitalized patients at 3 months found: | ||
| 60% of the patients report pain symptom. | ||
| 71% of the patients still experienced neurological symptoms | ||
| 42% report fatigue | ||
| 25% report PTSD | ||
| 2.5 million people suffer a TBI each year in the U.S. | braintrauma.org | 2021 |
| Of these, between 75%–80% are categorized as MTBI. | CDC | 2003 |
| MTBIs cost the nation ~$25.5 billion each year. | ||
| Research indicates that up to 15% of patients diagnosed with MTBI may have persistent, disabling problems. | Mount Sinai Medical Center | 2008 |
| Pituitary dysfunction has been found in 28% of patients with brain injury, | Hypothalamopituitary dysfunction following traumatic brain injury | 2008 |
| including deficiencies of growth hormone (18%), | Neuroendocrine dysfunction in the acute phase of traumatic brain injury | 2004 |
| LH/FSH (14%) | Frontiers in Endocrinology | 2021 |
| TSH (5%) | Frontiers in Endocrinology | 2021 |
| Disruptive sleep is one of the most troubling realities of a brain injury, affecting up to 70% of those with a brain injury. | Traumatic Brain Injury and Sleep Disorders | 2013 |
| 795,000 Americans suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year. | CDC | 1999 |
| Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability in the US. | CDC | 1999 |
| Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the US. | CDC | 2020 |
| About every 40 seconds someone in the US will have a stroke. | CDC | 2018 |
| Of every five deaths from stroke, two occur in men and three occur in women. | Statista | 2021 |
| 34% of all strokes occur in people under the age of 65. | CDC | 2009 |
| 30% - 40% of persons with brain injury had substance misuse problems pre-injury. | ||
| Approximately 30-50% of people who sustain a brain injury are under the influence at the time of injury. | ||
| Approximately 50% of those who misused substances pre-injury will return to pre-injury levels of misuse within the first year of discharge from rehabilitation. | Alcohol Use Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury | 2018 |
| 54% of persons who sustain a second brain injury are under the influence at the time of the injury. |
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