Traumatic Brain Injury

Each year, traumatic brain injuries (TBI) result in more than 2,000 deaths, 18,000 hospitalizations, and 82,000 emergency department visits among New York State residents.

The risk of sustaining a TBI is:

• greatest for young children, young adults and the elderly.
• greater for males than females. Males are almost twice as likely to be hospitalized with a TBI.

The leading causes of TBI continue to be falls, motor vehicle crashes, and assaults.

The Injury Prevention Program maintains several TBI prevention programs, including helmet safety programs for bicycle, in-line skating and non-motorized scooter use, pedestrian safety, child and adult passenger safety programs. In addition, the program distributes educational material on preventing shaken baby syndrome injuries.