Prepared by

Division of Acute Care, Rehabilitation Research, and Disability Prevention

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

December 1999

Authors and Contributors

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

David J. Thurman
Clinton Alverson
Doug Browne
Kathleen A. Dunn
Janet Guerrero
Renee Johnson
Valerie Johnson
Jean Langlois
Diane Pilkey
Joseph E. Sniezek
Susan Toal, Contractor

State Brain Injury Surveillance Programs
Pam Gosler, Arizona Department of Health
Barbara Gabella and Richard Hoffman, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Gail Whiteneck, Craig Hospital, Denver, Colorado
Mark Kinde and Jon Roesler, Minnesota Department of Health
Garland Land and Mark van Tuinen, Missouri Department of Health
Loretta Santilli, Kathleen Thoburn, and Gerald Feck, New York State Department of Health
Pam Archer, Michael Crutcher, and Sue Mallonee, Oklahoma State Department of Health
Ernest McCutcheon and Anbesaw Selassie, Medical University of South Carolina
Leroy Frazier, South Carolina Department of Health