Brain Injury Awareness Month

Brain Injury Facts & Statistics

 

Help prevent brain injury and increase awareness of its effects, the Coyne Chemical family is proudly participating in Brain Injury Awareness Month.

 

Every 9 seconds, someone in the United States sustains a brain injury.

An acquired brain injury (ABI) is any injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma.

More than 3.5 million children and adults sustain an ABI each year, but the total incidence is unknown.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a type of ABI that is caused by trauma to the brain from an external force.

Every day, 137 people die in the United States because of a TBI-related injury

At least 5.3 million Americans live with a TBI-related disability

 

 

Typical causes of ABI include:

 

Electric Shock or Lightening shock

Physical impact or Accident involving the head

Infectious Disease

Near Drowning or Oxygen Deprivation (Hypoxia/Anoxia)

Stroke

Seizure Disorder

Substance Abuse/Overdose

Toxic Exposure

Tumor

 

Learn about Concussions

Learn more concussion facts at the Brain Injury Association of America.

 

Learn more about traumatic brain injury from the Shepherd Center.

 

Some helpful tips for preventing brain injury from Shepherd Center

 

Want to do more?

 

Learn how you can support the Brain Injury Association of America during the Brain Injury Awareness Month of March.

 

 

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