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An Estimated 5.3 Million Americans – a little more than 2 percent of the U.S. population – currently live with disabilities resulting from traumatic brain injury. Every 21 seconds, one person in the U.S. sustains a traumatic brain injury.
Nevada Statute 426A.010 provides the following definition as of 2008:
3. "Traumatic brain injury" means a sudden shock or damage to the brain or its coverings which is not of a degenerative nature and produces an altered state of consciousness or temporarily or permanently impairs the mental, cognitive, behavioral or physical functioning of the brain. The term does not include:
(a) A cerebral vascular accident;
(b) An aneurism; or
(c) A congenital defect.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Definition:
An insult to the brain, not of degenerative or congenital nature caused by an external physical force that may produce a diminished or altered state of consciousness, which results in an impairment of cognitive abilities or physical functioning. It can also result in the disturbance of behavioral or emotional functioning.
Acquired brain injury ( ABI) Definition:
Injury to the brain which is not hereditary, congenital or degenerative that has occurred after birth. (Includes anoxia, aneurysms, infections to the brain and stroke.)
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1.5 Million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury each year.
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Each year, 80,000 Americans experience the onset of long-term disability following TBI.
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More than 50,000 people die every year as a result of TBI.
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The risk of TBI is highest among adolescents, young adults and those older than 75.
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After one brain injury, the risk for a second injury is three times greater; after the second injury, the risk for a third injury is eight times greater.
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