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Risk Is High--Brain Injury More Common Than People Presume

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Males are about twice as likely as females to sustain a TBI (CDC 1997b). People ages 15 to 24 years and those over age 75 are the two age groups at highest risk for TBI (Thurman et al. 1999). African Americans have the highest death rate from TBI (Thurman et al. 1999).

References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Traumatic Brain Injury – Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Utah, 1990-1993. MMWR 1997b; 46(01):8-11.
Thurman D, Alverson C, Dunn K, Guerrero J, Sniezek J. Traumatic brain injury in the United States: a public health perspective. Journal of Head Trauma and Rehabilitation 1999; 14(6):602-15.
Statistics obtained from Center of Disease Control Injury Prevention Center

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