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CDC Injury Center and Lifetime Television Partner to Raise Awareness about Traumatic Brain Injury

On a recent episode of Lifetime Television’s show Army Wives, lead character Joan was diagnosed with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) sustained from a bomb blast while on active duty in Iraq. The leading cause of injury among U.S. forces serving in Afghanistan and Iraq is TBI.

CDC subject matter experts consulted with Army Wives writers and producers on TBI signs and symptoms and the importance of rest during recovery from a TBI. The upcoming storyline covering Joan’s recovery is an example of a partnership between CDC, Hollywood Health & Society, and Lifetime Television to help raise public awareness and improve prevention, recognition, and response to TBI.
TBI is an important public health issue that has far-reaching consequences—impacting the daily lives of those injured, as well as the lives of their families—and it is not just a risk for our service men and women. An estimated 1.7 million civilian deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits related to TBI occur in the United States each year.

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How Many People Have TBI?
Data are critical to understand traumatic brain injury (TBI) as an important public health problem. This data can help inform TBI prevention strategies, identify research and education priorities, and support the need for services among those living with a TBI

National TBI Estimates
Each year, an estimated 1.7 million people sustain a TBI annually.1 Of them:


•52,000 die,
•275,000 are hospitalized, and
•1.365 million, nearly 80%, are treated and released from an emergency department.


TBI is a contributing factor to a third (30.5%) of all injury-related deaths in the United States.1

About 75% of TBIs that occur each year are concussions or other forms of mild TBI.2

*The number of people with TBI who are not seen in an emergency department or who receive no care is unknown.




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