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PP1 Brain Injury Association of America Brain Injury In The United States: A Status Report, 2003 Telehealth Idaho Virtual Grand Rounds October 28, 2003 Allan I Bergman President/CEO www.biausa.org
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PP2 Brain Injury Association of America Mission Statement to create a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education and advocacy.
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PP3 Brain Injury Association of America Purpose To unify and lead the cause of brain injury with courage and integrity.
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PP4 Brain Injury Association of America Priorities for Association’s Resources Public Education and Awareness with a focus on living with brain injury (including Symposium, publications and AACBIS) Public Policy influence and leadership in Washington, DC (2005 TBI Act Reauthorization/constituent input) Building State Affiliate capacity; link to capacity for I&R services
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PP5 Brain Injury Association of America At least 5.3 million Americans – a little more than 2 percent of the U.S. population – currently live with disabilities resulting from traumatic brain injury.
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PP6 Brain Injury Association of America Injury and Disability Prevalence Rates National organizations’ web sites, 4/2000 500,000 with Cerebral Palsy 2 million Americans with Epilepsy 3 million with Stroke disabilities 4 million with Alzheimer’s Disease 5 million with persistent mental illness 7.3 million Americans with mental retardation 400,000 w/ Spinal Cord Injuries 5.3 million with TBI disability
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PP7 Brain Injury Association of America Statistics At least 1.5 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury each year Each year, 80,000 Americans experience the onset of long-term disability following TBI More than 50,000 people die every year as a result of TBI The cost of TBI in the U.S. is estimated to be $48.3 billion annually
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PP8 Brain Injury Association of America Idaho Incidence: (2000) E.D. Visits – 7,330 Hospitalizations – 1,386 Deaths – 361 Long Term Disability – 490… That is nearly 10 individuals per week!!! CDC
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PP9 Brain Injury Association of America TBI Rates By Age And Cause 14 States, 1995-96 Transport Falls Firearms
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PP10 Brain Injury Association of America It is a largely unrecognized major public health problem Brain Injury is the “Silent Epidemic”
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PP11 Brain Injury Association of America Public Perception of TBI Harris Poll, June 2000
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