FAQs
What is traumatic brain injury (TBI)?
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is damage to the brain caused by an external physical force. It leaves a person with significant problems in physical functioning, social skills, and the ability to think.
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Who suffers from traumatic brain injuries?
One baby, child, or adult sustains a traumatic brain injury every 15 seconds.
Traumatic brain injury can be caused by automobile accidents, falls, sports accidents, child abuse, spousal abuse, violence, or Shaken Baby Syndrome.
Traumatic brain injury does not discriminate. Anyone can sustain a brain injury, regardless of age, gender, income or education.
Fewer than one in 20 Americans who sustain a traumatic brain injury will get the rehabilitation they need.
Did You Know?
Traumatic brain injury (TBI):
- Is the number one cause of death and disability of children and young adults.
- Strikes over 1,500,000 Americans every year.
- Results in 1½ times as many deaths than AIDS.
- Costs Americans $37 billion each year.
- Killed more Americans between 1981 and 1993 than all the people killed in all the wars in our history combined.
