Incidence of Traumatic Brain Injury
Deaths, Hospitalizations, and Emergency Department† (ED) Visits
New York State Residents, 1996-2014
Deaths
Year of Death /
Discharge
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Annual
Frequency
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
2,149
2,072
2,234
2,296
2,306
2,269
2,171
Rate per
100,000
Residents
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
11.0
10.6
11.4
11.8
11.8
11.6
11.0
Hospitalizations
Annual
Frequency
14,609
14,289
13,993
13,307
14,446
14,452
15,315
16,543
17,289
17,560
18,583
18,676
18,631
19,634
19,395
19,148
19,433
19,283
18,946
Rate per
100,000
Residents
78.6
76.6
74.6
70.5
76.0
75.7
79.9
86.0
89.7
91.2
96.3
96.8
95.6
100.5
99.1
98.4
99.3
98.1
96.0
ED† Visits
Annual
Frequency
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
69,225
75,319
81,821
90,013
122,209
126,110
116,126
118,992
138,625
142,359
Rate per
100,000
Residents
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
359.5
390.1
424.0
461.8
625.4
644.2
596.6
608.0
705.4
720.9
†The incidence of ED visits does not include patients who were subsequently admitted into the hospital
Rate = Frequency/Population *100,000
Source: NYSDOH, Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention
www.health.ny.gov/prevention/injury_prevention/
SPARCS June 2016
Vital Statistics Death File, August 2016