Abstracto

Review on the epidemiology of traumatic brain injury

Ian Roberts

A primary cause of epilepsy, traumatic brain injury also has a high rate of morbidity and mortality. We want to know how often TBI occurs, which populations are particularly at risk, and how many people die from TBI. Injury is the leading cause of death in the United States and other industrialised countries for people under 45. This group's leading cause of disability, morbidity, and mortality is traumatic brain injury, which also accounts for a sizable fraction of all traumatic deaths in the United States.