The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma is committed to improving the care of the injured patient through education and research. It is critical that every effort be made to decrease the impact of injury on the global burden of the disease. To that end, injury prevention is an invaluable part of our efforts. Injury is a major public health problem. In the United States, injury accounts for over 150,000 deaths and over 3 million non-fatal injuries per year. Around the world, injury is responsible for more than 5 million deaths per year. Many millions more are injured. The events which result in injury are not random or unpredictable. Injury can be prevented and many lives saved by learning more about the causes of injury and implementing appropriate injury prevention strategies. Many of these strategies are well-established, easily available and relatively inexpensive, such as seat belts and helmets.
"Crashes NOT accidents."
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the single largest cause of death from injury in the United States:
There are over 5 million people in the US living with disability from TBI at an estimated cost of over $37.8 billion per year.
Fact Sheet from the NVIPC at CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/tbi.htm
Ref: Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: A Report to Congress, CDC, Dec 1999
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