Traumatic Brain Injury
CDC defines a traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a disruption in the normal function of the brain that can be caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head, or penetrating head injury. Everyone is at risk for a TBI, especially children and older adults.
Basic Info
Signs & symptoms, response, recovery, prevention
Data & Statistics
Rates of TBI-related deaths, ER visits, hospitalizations
News and Announcements
- CDC Feature: Guideline to Improve Care of Children with mTBI
- Keep Your Head in the Game (Podcast)
- Traumatic Brain Injury–Related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths — United States, 2007 and 2013
- CDC Feature: TBIs and Injuries
- Falls are taking a huge and rising toll on elderly brainsexternal icon
- Out-of-Hospital Triage of Older Adults With Head Injury: A Retrospective Study of the Effect of Adding “Anticoagulation or Antiplatelet Medication Use” as a Criterionexternal icon
Page last reviewed: March 4, 2019