Big risks of brain injury face Arizonans
Arizonans suffer the highest rate of traumatic brain injuries of states surveyed. Especially tragic is how the young people are affected. Infants, teens and young adults in Arizona suffer higher traumatic brain injury rates than in any other state investigated, according to a newly-released survey by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Arizona's problem emerged in a recent two-year study conducted by the CDC in an effort to get an idea of how extensive traumatic brain injury is in the U.S. Among 12 states surveyed in 2002, Arizona's rate of hospitalizations for such injuries topped all others, at 96.7 per 100,000 people. The average rate of these was 79 and lowest state, Nebraska, was 50.6. 2003 is the most recent year surveyed and the problem worsened, with Arizona's rate rising to 105 per 100,000 people.
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