The
Center for Disease Control and prevention estimates that 5.3
million children and adults are living in the theUS with a permanent
disability as a result of a brain injury
Ninety percent of brain injuries occur as a result
of motor vehicle accidents
10 percent of head injuries in
the US are sports related
There are twice as many incidences
of brain injuries than the combined
total of cases of multiple sclerosis,
breast cancer and HIV
Montana has over 10,000 people
with brain injuries, and ranks second in the nation for incidence
of brain injury
Acquired brain injury knows no social, religious
or racial boundaries. It does not always happen to someone else
Every 15 seconds, one person
in the US sustains a brain injury
Brain injury is the leading cause of
injury and death in children and young adults
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