1.2 - TBI - Epidemiology Flashcards
How many Emergency Room Visits in the US are due to TBI?
Hospitalizations?
Deaths?
Receive no medical care?
1,365,00
275,000
52,000
Unknown
About ___% of TBIs occurring each year are due to concussions or other types of mild TBI (MTBI).
75%
How much do direct medical and indirect costs of TBI cost Americans each year?
What is an example of an indirect cost of TBI?
$60 billion
Lost productivity
What populations experience the greatest rates of TBI?
3
Children ages 0-4 yrs.
19 year olds
Adults over 75 yrs.
What single event causes the greatest number of TBI-related emergency department visits + hospitalizations?
Falls
What types of injury causes the greatest number of TBI-related deaths?
What population is at the greatest risk for this type of injury?
Motor vehicle-traffic injury
Adults aged 20-24 yrs
Males experience approximately ____ times more TBIs than females.
1.5
What ethic group experiences the highest death rate from TBIs?
African-Americans
What are 8 Risk Factors for TBI?
Age
Sex
Substance abuse
School adjustment + social history
Socioeconomic status
Personality type
Participation in high risk sports
Previous hhistory of TBI
Where are the 5 Brain Injury Association of NC centers?
Asheville
Charlotte
Greenville
Raleigh
Triad
________ children between the ages of 0-19 sustain brain injuries requiring hospitalization as a result of motor vehicle crashes, falls, sports injuries, physical abuse and other causes.
62,000
________ children between the ages of 0-19 are seen in hospital emergency departments for TBI and released.
564,000
________ children between the ages of 0-14 die each year due to TBI.
2,685
________ children between the ages of 0-14 are hospitalized each year due to TBI.
37,000
________ children between the ages of 0-14 visit the emergency room each year due to TBI.
435,000
