Hospitalizations for Traumatic Brain Injury on the Rise
In 2003, the rate of hospitalization for traumatic brain injury (TBI) in nine U.S. states was 87.9 people per 100,000, compared with 79.0 per 100,000 in 12 states in 2002, says a study in Friday's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2003 rate is based on figures reported by nine states reporting to the agency's TBI surveillance system. In those nine states, a total of 28,819 people were hospitalized for traumatic brain injury in 2003. Among the nine states, Arizona had the highest rate (105 per 100,000), while Nebraska had the lowest rate (51.8 per 100,000). Rates in the other seven states were: South Carolina (69.6); Utah (83.1); Minnesota (89.5); Oklahoma (90.5); Colorado and Maryland (91.8); and Alaska (93.3).
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