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Acquired brain injury |
An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital, degenerative or induced by birth trauma. |
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Coup-Contrecoup injury |
An injury that takes place as a result of impact of a moving object injury takes place at the site of impact. Secondary injury occurs at the side of head opposite of the point of impact. |
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Diffuse axonal injury/multi-focal injury |
The result of rapid rotational forces that bend, stretch and tear axons due to an inertial force |
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Non-traumatic brain injury |
Damage to the brain by internal factors such as lack of oxygen or nutrients to the nerve cells of the brain exposure to toxins pressure from a tumor or blockage or other neurological disorder. |
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Incidence |
The rate or range of occurrence for example a certain number of brain injuries occur within a given year |
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Prevalence |
The number of people with a given condition present at a specific point in time for example the number of people currently living with a brain injury |
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Deaths that occur annually from in the United States as a result of traumatic brain injury |
53,000 (West Sacramento, CA population = 53,151) |
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Number of hospitalizations each year in the United States as a result of traumatic brain injury. |
284,000 (Irvine, California has a population of 273,157) |
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Number of documented emergency room visits as a result of traumatic brain injury. |
2,214,000 (Queens, NY population is 2,272,771) |
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Once you have sustained one brain injury how many more times likely is it that you will sustain a second language? |
3 times more likely |
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Once you have sustained a second brain injury, how many more times likely are you to sustain a third brain injury? |
8 Times more likely |
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In relationship to other disorders that result in disability, where does the combination of traumatic brain injury, stroke epilepsy rank. |
Second only to depression. |
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What percentage of traumatic brain injuries result in emergency room visits? |
87% (2,214,000 or roughly the population of Queens, New York) |
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What percentage of patient’s staying automatic brain injury or hospitalized each year? |
11% or roughly the population of Irvine, California |
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What is the annual percentage of individuals who sustain a traumatic brain injury or result in death? |
2% or roughly the population of the city of Yucaipa,California |
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According to the Center for disease control (CDC) this is the number of people who sustained a traumatic brain injury in 2010. |
2.5 million roughly the population of Namibia, South Africa |
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These two age groups result in the highest rates of falls causing traumatic brain injury. |
0-4 & 75+ |
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The greatest number of TBI related emergency department visits and hospitalizations are caused by this. |
Falls |
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This is the cause for the leading number of TBI related deaths. |
Motor Vehicle accidents |
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What age group represents the highest number of TBI’s as a result of a motor vehicle accidents? |
20-24 |
