Symptomatology of brain damage and the long lasting effects
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A person does not have to loose consciousness to have sustained a brain injury
Every 5 minutes someone becomes permanently disabled due a head injury
Soccer is the most common sport with concussion risk for females
Every 5 minutes someone dies from a head injury.
A professional football player will receive an estimated 900 to 1500 blows to the head during a season
78% of concussions occur during games.
Fewer than 10% of sport related concussions involve a Loss of Consciousness
There are 2 million TBI each year (one every fifteen seconds)
The impact speed of a football player tackling a stationary player is 25mph.
Brain Damage is becoming the leading cause of death of children and young adults.
Brain injury can result in a range of outcomes:
52,000 die;
275,000 are hospitalized; and
1,365,000 are treated and released from an emergency department.
Among children ages 0 to 14 years, TBI results in an estimated
2,685 deaths;
37,000 hospitalizations; and
435,000 emergency department visits.
Source from the Centers for Disease and Control Injury Prevention Center
Falls: 35.2%
Unknown/Other: 21%
Motor Vehicle: 17.3%
Struck by/Against: 16.5%
Assault: 10%