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BRAIN FACTS AND STATISTICS • More than 3.5 million children and adults sustain an • Every day, 137 people in the U.S. die because of a TBI- acquired brain injury (ABI) each year, but the total related injury. incidence is unknown. • • An ABI is any injury to the brain that is not hereditary, • There are many causes of TBI: congenital, degenerative,or induced by birth • Falls – 40.5% trauma. • Struck by/against – 15.5% • Typical causes of ABI include: • Motor vehicle – 14.3% • Electric Shock • Assaults – 10.7% • Infectious Disease • Unknown – 19% • Lightning Strike • Near Drowning • At least 5.3 million Americans live with TBI-related • Oxygen Deprivation (Hypoxia/Anoxia) disabilities. • Disorders • When someone sustains a brain injury, many people • are affected: • • Survivors and their parents, spouses, siblings, • Toxic Exposure extended families, and friends • Trauma • Healthcare providers, including surgeons, • Tumor physicians, counselors, rehab therapists, social workers, and personal care attendants More than 12 million Americans live with the impact of • Insurance companies that issue auto accident, ABI. individual, and group health, disability, life and re- • (TBI) is a subset of ABI and insurance policies is caused by trauma to the brain from an external • Attorneys of all types, including those who handle force. personal injury, insurance and disability claims, • At least 2.5 million children and adults sustain TBIs in civil rights/discrimination, domestic actions, wills, the U.S. each year: estates, and trusts • 2.2 million are treated in emergency departments • Educators at every level, but especially special for TBI each year. education teachers and those who prepare • 280,000 are hospitalized for TBI each year. America’s future healthcare workforce • 50,000 die because of TBI each year. • Government agencies that administer health and • The number of people who sustain TBIs and do not social programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, State seek treatment is unknown. Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), • Every 13 seconds, someone in the U.S. sustains a Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program TBI. (SNAP), vocational rehab • One of every 60 people in the U.S. lives with a TBI- • Employers of all types related disability.

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