TBI constitutes a major health problem, with an estimated 57 million people experiencing TBI worldwide. Approximately 1.7 million new cases are reported in the US annually. Of these, 500,000 patients report to the emergency room, 275,000 are admitted to the hospital, and 52,000 die each year.
The actual numbers may indeed be much larger, as many mild injuries go unreported. Although TBI spans a large range of severity from mild to severe, it can be a lethal condition that is responsible for roughly one-third of all injury-related deaths in the US.
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