First, let's do a quick intro to the anatomy of the brain...

Want to know what parts of the brain control what functions?

The Powell River Brain Injury Society has provided quite a nice flash animation
to help make it very clear.
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http://www.braininjurysociety.ca/includes/mmarshall.swf

SOME QUICK FACTS ABOUT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

  • An estimated 1.5 million head injuries occur every year in the United States.

  • An estimated 1.6 million to 3.8 million sports-related TBIs occur each year.

  • At least 5.3 million Americans, 2% of the U.S. population, currently live with disabilities resulting from TBI.

  • Moderate & severe head injury (respectively) are associated with a 2.3 and 4.5 times increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in children and adults from
    ages 1 to 44.

  • Brain injuries are most often caused by motor vehicle crashes, sports injuries, or even simple falls on the playground, at work or in the home.

  • Every year, approximately 52,000 deaths occur from traumatic brain injury.

  • Males are about twice as likely as females to experience a TBI.

  • The leading causes of TBI are falls, motor vehicle crashes, struck by or against events, and assaults, respectively.

  • TBI hospitalization rates have increased from 79% per 100,000 in 2002 to 87.9% per 100,000 in 2003.

    Date source: The Brain Trauma Foundation

More TBI facts from the CDC

 
 


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