Mar 07 2006
Brain Injury Awareness Month — March 2006
Brain Injury Awareness Month — March 2006
Brain Injury Awareness Month was established to increase public awareness of brain injuries and their consequences and to address the needs of persons living with brain injuries, their family members, and caregivers. Each year in the United States, approximately 1.4 million persons sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI); of these persons, approximately 50,000 die, 235,000 are hospitalized, and 1.1 million are treated and released from emergency departments (1). In addition, according to a 1999 report, an estimated 5.3 million persons in the United States have a long-term or lifelong need for help in performing activities of daily living as a result of a TBI (2).
