We have compiled various fact sheets, covering a range of topics relating ot brain injury. We encourage you to use them to help get the word out about preventing brain injury. They are available in both Adobe .PDF and MS Word .DOC formats.
Brain injury is called the silent epidemic because a majority of Americans are unfamiliar with the magnitude of the problem. Each year 1.4 million people in the U.S. sustain a traumatic brain injury. The number of people who sustain traumatic brain injuries is greater than the combined number of people who develop breast cancer, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, and spinal cord injuries. An estimated $60 billion will be spent caring for people with brain injury.
