Brain health is vital to a
healthy society
The brain injury reality
One of every
60 people
in the U.S. lives with a TBI-related disability
Traumatic brain injury is the
A traumatic brain injury occurs
#1 cause of death and
disability in children and
every 15 seconds
young adults
Well-known physicist Michio Kaku describes the brain this way,
“
“
The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron
connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on
your shoulders is the most complicated object in the
known universe.
Potential for brain injury,
at every point of life
Infants & children
Age: 0 - 14
Risk starts early.
From the playground…
Almost half a million (473,947)
ED visits for TBI are made
annually by children aged 0 to
14 years
…to the athletic field…
Each year, an estimated 38 million
children and adolescents participate
in organized sports in the United States
From 2001 to 2009, the rate
of ED visits for sports- and
recreation-related injuries
with a diagnosis of concussion
or TBI rose 57% among children
Top causes of high school sports concussions?
For males,
football
For females,
soccer
Teenagers & adults
Age: 15 - 64
…to the freeway…
Young adults aged 15 - 24 account for
the highest proportion of TBI-related
hospitalizations due to motor vehicle
traffic-related events
Motor vehicle trafficrelated events are
the second most
common cause of TBI
...to the battlefield...
Exposure to blasts is the leading
cause of TBI among active duty
military personnel in war zones
TBI’s are often called the
“signature wounds” of the
Iraq and Afghanistan wars
According to the Congressional Research
Service, 327,299 incidents of TBI were
reported for deployed and non-deployed
service members between 2000 and 2015
Senior Citizens
Age: 65+
...into older age.
Adults aged 75 years and
older have the highest rates
of TBI-related hospitalization
and death
81% of all traumatic brain
injuries in adults aged 65 and
older are due to falls
Philips is working to address brain
injury to build a healthy society
We know we’ve got a long way to go to unravel the mysteries of the brain. Fortunately, a
commitment to open innovation and collaboration across the healthcare spectrum is
enabling us to move from episodic care to continuous health – for our athletes, veterans, the
aging and society as a whole. When it comes to improving brain health, Philips is proud to be
a part of the team.
Learn more at Philips.com/healthysociety
Sources
http://www.biausa.org/brain-injury-awareness-month.htm#FactSheet
http://www.protectthebrain.org/FAQs.aspx
http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/pdf/BlueBook_factsheet-a.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/data/dist_hosp.html
http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/get_the_facts.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2987636/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2140075/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255273/