TBI Victim Numbers
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) contribute to a substantial number and cases of permanent disability annually. Of the 1.4 million who sustain a TBI each year in the United
States 50,000 die, 235,000 are hospitalized and 1.1 million are treated and released from an emergency department. Among children ages 0 to 14 years, TBI results in an estimated 2,685 deaths, 37,000 hospitalizations and 435,000 emergency department visits annually. Direct medical costs and indirect costs such as lost productivity of TBI totaled an estimated $60 billion in the United States in 2000.
