Statistics
Death and Disability: Children, Youth and Young Adults: |
Acquired brain injury:
In fact, 30 percent of all brain injuries in Canada are suffered by children and youth. Source: Ontario Brain Injury Association (OBIA) |
“Silent Epidemic”: |
Acquired brain injury (ABI) is frequently referred to as a “Silent Epidemic”:
In Ontario there are almost a half a million people living with a brain injury and 18,000 new cases are added every year. Acquired brain injury (ABI) is 15 times more common than spinal cord injury, 30 times more common than breast cancer and 400 times more common than HIV/AIDS. Source: OBIA (Ontario Brain Injury Association) Impact Report, 2012 |
Emergency Department Visits Ontario and Alberta: |
More than 90% of ED visits for sports-related brain injuries receive a concussion diagnosis July 26/16: Over the last 5 years, the number of emergency department (ED) visits for sport-related brain injuries increased significantly in Ontario and Alberta.According to the newest injury and trauma data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information(CIHI), more than 9 out of 10 (94%) ED visits for sport-related brain injuries in 2014–2015 were concussion related. Furthermore, more than 6 out of 10 ED visits for sport-related brain injuries (62%) were made by males.
Hockey, cycling and football/rugby were the sports that sent the largest number of patients to the ED for brain injuries. The number of ED visits for brain injuries from hockey was almost double that from cycling, football/rugby and skiing/snowboarding. Other causes of brain injury–related ED visits included being hit by a ball. Source: https://www.cihi.ca/en/types-of-care/specialized-services/ed-visits-for-sport-related-brain-injuries |
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Every two days a Durham Region resident dies as a result of an injury.
Elementary and secondary school students:
In 2011-2012, 19% of Durham Region elementary school students and 31% of secondary school students reported they had experienced a head injury in their lifetime. While the results were comparable to Ontario for elementary school students, more secondary school students experienced a head injury in their lifetime in Durham as compared to the Ontario average of 22%. |
Who Suffers from a TBI?:
Traumatic Brain Injury causes and consequences permeate all areas of society, all age groups:
And most importantly…. families…. who must try to navigate and survive the tsunami of pain and devastation from brain injury. The ripple effect from brain injury is tremendous, as many family members become lifelong caregivers to their disabled loved ones.
- Health care systems: Medical, Rehabilitation, Mental Health, Substance Use and Abuse
- Sports and Leisure
- Senior Care
- Emergency Service systems: Police, Fire, EMS and military
- Justice and Correctional Systems: 40% of Female Prisoners Enter theCorrectional System with a Traumatic Brain Injury; (Dr. Angela Colantonio et al, Journal of Correctional Health Care, July 2014)
- Homelessness: Almost 50% of homeless men had traumatic braininjury in their lifetime, vast majority before they lost their homes; (St. Michael’s Hospital, 2014)
- Workplaces
- Education systems: Elementary, secondary and post-secondary
And most importantly…. families…. who must try to navigate and survive the tsunami of pain and devastation from brain injury. The ripple effect from brain injury is tremendous, as many family members become lifelong caregivers to their disabled loved ones.