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. 2006 Nov-Dec;21(6):544-8.
doi: 10.1097/00001199-200611000-00009.

Incidence of traumatic brain injury in the United States, 2003

Wesley Rutland-Brown  1 , Jean A Langlois, Karen E Thomas, Yongli Lily Xi
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Incidence of traumatic brain injury in the United States, 2003

Wesley Rutland-Brown et al. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2006 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important public health problem in the United States. In 2003, there were an estimated 1,565,000 TBIs in the United States: 1,224,000 emergency department visits, 290,000 hospitalizations, and 51,000 deaths. Findings were similar to those from previous years in which rates of TBI were highest for young children (aged 0-4) and men, and the leading causes of TBI were falls and motor vehicle traffic.

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