Among children ages 14 and younger, TBI accounts for an estimated 2,529 deaths, 23,000 hospitalizations, and 837,000 emergency room visits.From 2006, there has been a 53% increase in the total number of TBI related ED visits, hospitalizations and deaths.There are about 288,000 hospitalizations for TBI every year, more than 20 times the number of hospitalizations for spinal cord injury.Estimated annual direct and indirect TBI costs are $76.5 billion. An estimated 13.5 million individuals live with a disability due to traumatic brain injury in the U.S. in 2014 with over 837,000 cases occurring amongst children. According to the CDC, approximately 2.87 million cases of TBI occurred in the U.S.
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