QuickStats: Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)-Related Death Rates, by Age Group -- US, 2006

Submitted by Kathleen McGrath on Mon, 03/29/2010

In 2006, nearly one third of all injury deaths involved TBI. Overall injury and TBI-related death rates vary across age groups. Peak injury and TBI-related mortality rates occurred among persons aged 20--24 years (76.9 per 100,000 and 24.1 per 100,000, respectively) and among persons aged ≥75 years (173.2 per 100,000 and 58.4 per 100,000, respectively).

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5910a9.htm?s_cid=mm5910a9_e

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