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Traumatic Brain Injury Causes

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can occur as a result of numerous activities, accidents and risk factors. The causes listed below are the most common. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Brain Injury Association of America,

The leading causes of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the United States are:

  • Falls - 35.2% of brain injuries result from slipping and/or falling and hitting the head. In this category, half (50 percent) of all brain injuries are caused by falls amoung children ages 0-4, and 61 percent of all injuries are caused by falls among adults ages 75 and over.
  • Motor vehicle accidents - 17.3% of brain injuries result from a car or motorcycle crash. Motor vehicle accidents produce the second highest number of brain injuries (17.3 percent) and resulted in the highest percentage of injuries that related in death (31.8 percent). In this category, teenagers from 16-19 years old are most likely to sustain a brain injury. In addition, motorcycle riders are at a higher risk of sustaining an injury than car drivers. Those motorcycle riders with helmets are more likely to survive the crash with a closed injury, while those without helmets are more likely to sustain a fatal penetrating injury.
    *Read additional information on automobile accidents and brain injury, or motorcycles and brain injury.
  • Struck by/against events - 16.5% of traumatic brain injuries occur in an event where the victim's head was forcefully struck by or against an object.
    *Read further about sports injuries and traumatic brain injury or concussions and brain injury.
  • Assaults - 10% of brain injuries result from assault on the victim. The majority of assaults are related to the use of firearms, most commonly with a suicidal intent.

Other common causes of traumatic brain injury:

  • Military - Events such as large blasts, auto accidents and flying debris that can cause penetrating injuries.
    *Read more about the risk of traumatic brain injury in the military.
  • Substance Abuse - Those with substance abuse problems are at a greater risk for being involved in a fall, automobile accident, or other events that can result in injury.
    *Read more about substance abuse and brain injury.
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome - When babies are shaken with force, their brains are moved violently within their undeveloped skull. This causes severe trauma and damage to the brain tissue that can kill or permanently disable a child from infancy.
    *Learn more about Shaken Baby Syndrome.

Other Brain Injuries:

While brain injuries are caused by an external force that exerts physical trauma to the head, there are other injuries that happen internally. An Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) occurs when an there is an internal problem such as air deprivation or a medical condition that causes neurological damage to the brain. The symptoms and effects of an these injuries are often the same as those of a TBI. Some common causes of an ABI are:

If you or anyone you know has sustained a brain injury from one of the listed causes, or another cause, and are suffering the effects and hardships of this injury, you may be due compensation. If the injury occurred is due to someone else's negligence, an experienced law firm may be able to help. Contact a LegalView personal injury attorney for a FREE case consultation.


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