QuickStats: Rate of Unintentional Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)–Related Deaths Among Persons Aged 24 Years and Under, by Age Group

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From 1999 to 2018, death rates for unintentional TBI among persons aged 24 years and under declined across all age groups.
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Authors: Merianne Rose Spencer, MPH, and Holly Hedegaard, MD

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Line graph displaying rate of traumatic brain injury (TBI)–related deaths among persons aged 24 years and younger, by age group, in the United States during 1999–2018
Rate of traumatic brain injury (TBI)–related deaths among persons aged ≤24 years

From 1999 to 2018, death rates for unintentional TBI among persons aged 24 years and under declined across all age groups.

During the 20-year period, TBI-related death rates declined from 3.7 per 100,000 to 1.5 among children aged 0–4 years, from 3.0 to 0.9 for children and adolescents aged 5–14 years, from 14.7 to 4.4 for adolescents and young adults aged 15–19 years, and from 14.1 to 6.9 for young adults aged 20–24 years.

For most of the period, rates were highest for persons aged 20–24 years followed by those aged 15–19, 0–4, and 5–14 years.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6941a5.htm

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Data. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm.

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