TBI-related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths (EDHDs)
Key Findings
In 2014, there were approximately 2.87 million TBI-EDHDs in the United States, including over 837,000 occurring among children. This includes:
- Approximately 2.53 million TBI-related ED visits, including over 812,00 occurring among children.
- Approximately 288,000 TBI-related hospitalizations, including over 23,000 occurring among children.
- 56,800 TBI-related deaths, including 2,529 occurring among children.

TBI-EDHD Trends
- The number of total TBI-EDHDs increased by 53% from 2006 (N approximately 1.88 million) to 2014 (N approximately 2.88 million).

Data Table
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
EDHDs total | 1,884,195 | 1,925,173 | 2,019,166 | 2,377,868 | 2,521,966 | 2,653,617 | 2,735,909 | 2,797,754 | 2,877,757 |
Emergency department visits | 1,551,107 | 1,603,124 | 1,698,326 | 2,047,886 | 2,143,133 | 2,332,299 | 2,390,167 | 2,460,278 | 2,532,537 |
Hospitalizations | 278,655 | 267,350 | 267,015 | 277,315 | 325,996 | 267,480 | 290,360 | 281,555 | 288,420 |
Deaths | 54,433 | 54,699 | 53,825 | 52,667 | 52,837 | 53,837 | 55,382 | 55,921 | 56,800 |
Sources: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project’s (HCUP) Nationwide Emergency Department Sample for emergency department visits; HCUP’s Nationwide Inpatient Sample for hospitalizations; CDC’s National Vital Statistics System for deaths.
Page last reviewed: March 29, 2019