TBI Causes

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Tim Titolo

Half of all TBIs are due to transportation accidents involving automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians. These accidents are the major cause of TBI in people under age 75.

For those 75 and older, falls cause the majority of TBIs.

Approximately 20% of TBIs are due to violence, such as firearm assaults and child abuse, and about 3% are due to sports injuries. Fully half of TBI incidents involve alcohol use.

Traumatic brain injury is a frequent cause of major long-term disability in individuals surviving head injuries sustained in war zones. This is becoming an issue of growing concern in modern warfare in which rapid deployment of acute interventions are effective in saving the lives of combatants with significant head injuries. Traumatic brain injury has been identified as the "signature injury" among wounded soldiers of the current military engagement in Iraq (see: Iraq war's signature wound: Brain injury).
 

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dorothy clay sims - October 11, 2010 3:53 PM

Tim:
As always, you are spot on regarding this. Thanks for having such a great tbi website.

Dorothy Sims

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