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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Risks & Groups at Risk
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Risks & Groups at Risk
Males are about twice as likely as females to sustain a TBI (CDC 1997b).
People ages 15 to 24 years and those over age 75 are the two age groups at
highest risk for TBI (Thurman et al. 1999).
African Americans have the highest death rate from TBI (Thurman et al. 1999).
References:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Traumatic Brain Injury –
Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Utah, 1990-1993. MMWR 1997b; 46(01):8-11.
Thurman D, Alverson C, Dunn K, Guerrero J, Sniezek J. Traumatic brain injury
in the United States: a public health perspective. Journal of Head Trauma and
Rehabilitation 1999; 14(6):602-15.
Date last reviewed: 06/03/2004
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Public Health and Aging: Nonfatal Fall-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Among Older Adults--California, 1996-1999. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR 2003; 52(13): 276-278.
Each year, 1.5 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Of those who survive their TBI, one of every six people is unable to return to work or school when discharged from the hospital. These findings are part of the first study developed from an ongoing surveillance system that is tracking TBI. The study examines hospital discharge data for people who survived a TBI that resulted in hospitalization in 14 states.
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Traumatic Occupational Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury can occur in virtually any work setting. Some of the higher risk working environments include motor vehicles, elevated workstations (fall hazard); areas near vehicles and machines, retail sales and service companies, forestry and logging, CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has setup a Web site focusing on Traumatic Occupational Injuries, including TBI. This Website covers types of injuries such as motor-vehicle-related injuries, fall injuries, machine-related injuries as well as high-risk industries such as agriculture, construction, and logging.
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Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Assessing Outcomes in Children
This report summarizes the comments, suggestions, and recommendations of a working group convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) outcomes in children and youth.
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Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: A Report to Congress
This federal report summarizes current knowledge about the incidence, causes, severity, associated disabilities, and prevalence of TBI.
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WISQARS
(Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is CDC Injury Center's interactive, online database that provides customized injury-related mortality data and nonfatal injury data useful for research and for making informed public health decisions.
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Work-RISQS
(Work-Related Injury Statistics Query System), developed by CDC's NIOSH, provides a web-based public access query system for obtaining national estimates (number of cases) and rates (number of cases per hours worked) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments. Users may interactively query based on demographic characteristics, nature of injury/illness, and incident circumstances for the years 1998 and 1999.
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Injury Maps
This interactive mapping system offered by CDC's Injury Center helps you identify and communicate the impact of injury deaths in your county, state, region, or the entire United States. The system provides the geographic distribution of injury-related mortality rates in the US and allows you to use the mortality rates to form maps.
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