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Incidence of Traumatic Brain Injury
- 1.5 million Americans sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year
- Each year, 80,000 Americans experience the onset of long-term disability following TBI
- More than 50,000 people die every year as a result of TBI
- The risk of TBI is highest among adolescents and young adults
- Every 21 seconds, one person in the U.S. sustains TBI
- An estimated 5.3 million Americans—a little more than 2% of the U.S. population—currently live with disabilities resulting from TBI
Source: Brain Injury Association of America
Incidence of Brain Injury in Pennsylvania
- 245,000 Pennsylvanians are living with brain injury
- Over 41,000 visit an emergency room each year for mild brain injury
- 7,800 are hospitalized annually with moderate to severe brain injury
- Approximately 2,700 experience permanent disability each year as the result of brain injury
- 2,000 die annually from brain injury
Source: Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania
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