Statistics about Traumatic Brain Injury

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Traumatic Brain Injury:

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Prevalance of Traumatic Brain Injury: 0.2% of population has an acquired brain injury in Australia 1998 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)

Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 500 or 0.20% or 544,000 people in USA [about data]

Incidence (annual) of Traumatic Brain Injury: 9,484 in NJ 1997 (NJ DHSS)

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 858 or 0.12% or 316,785 people in USA [about data]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Traumatic Brain Injury: 316,785 per year, 26,398 per month, 6,092 per week, 867 per day, 36 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 9,484 in NJ 1997 (NJ DHSS)

Prevelance statistics about Traumatic Brain Injury:

The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury:

• 39,200 people have an acquired brain injury in Australia 1998 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
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Hospitalization statistics for Traumatic Brain Injury:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Traumatic Brain Injury:

• 0.105% (13,383) of hospital consultant episodes were for intracranial injury in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 81% of hospital consultant episodes for intracranial injury required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 69% of hospital consultant episodes for intracranial injury were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 31% of hospital consultant episodes for intracranial injury were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 81% of hospital consultant episodes for intracranial injury required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 14.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for intracranial injury in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for intracranial injury in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 43 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for intracranial injury in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 55% of hospital consultant episodes for intracranial injury occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 20% of hospital consultant episodes for intracranial injury occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for intracranial injury were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.26% (137,597) of hospital bed days were for intracranial injury in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.0002% (22) of hospital consultant episodes were for crushing injury of head in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 64% of hospital consultant episodes for crushing injury of head required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 55% of hospital consultant episodes for crushing injury of head were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 45% of hospital consultant episodes for crushing injury of head were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 86% of hospital consultant episodes for crushing injury of head required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 15.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for crushing injury of head in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 5 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for crushing injury of head in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 48 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for crushing injury of head in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 45% of hospital consultant episodes for crushing injury of head occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 36% of hospital consultant episodes for crushing injury of head occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for crushing injury of head were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.001% (404) of hospital bed days were for crushing injury of head in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

This page presents a variety of statistics about Traumatic Brain Injury. The term 'prevalence' of Traumatic Brain Injury usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Traumatic Brain Injury at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Traumatic Brain Injury refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Traumatic Brain Injury diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

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