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Brain Injury Facts

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Lisa Combs
Phone:  859-903-9600
Fax:  859-903-9601
lisa.combs@bridgesnky.org

Jessica Embry
Phone:  502-494-2868
Fax:  502-732-3521
jessica.embry@bridgesnky.org


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  • Brain injury affects one in five households in Kentucky (19.4%).  (1)
  • Brain injuries are six times more prevalent than breast cancer, Aids, HIV, spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis combined.  (1)
  • Approximately 850,000 Kentuckians live with a brain injury.  (1)
  • Brain injuries are Kentucky's number one killer based on population.  (1)
  • Kentucky's rate of brain injury is more than twice the national average.  (1)
  • Brain injuries are the leading cause of death and disability in young children.  (2)
  • Males account for approximately two-thirds of brain injuries.  (1)
  • Kentucky's occupational death rate due to brain injury is 60% higher than the national average.  (3)
  • The brain injury death and injury rate on Kentucky highways rose from 11% in 2000 to 29% in 2004.  (1)
  • In the next 12 months, 22,500 Kentuckians will sustain new brain injuries severe enough to require hospital care.  (4)

References:
(1) Kentucky Traumatic Brain Injury Prevalence Study 2004
(2) Brain Injury Association
(3) University of Louisville of Medicine
(4) Kentucky Injury Prevention Research Center

 

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