Wisconsin Brain Injuries

According to the Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin:

During the year 2007, 5,857 individuals in Wisconsin sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The number is likely low, as it may not reflect those who were not admitted to the hospital or those injured that went unreported.

Brain Injury Statistics

• Approximately 1 in every 10 individuals in the United States is touched by brain injury.
• 1.4 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury every year.
• Each year, 80,000 Americans experience the onset of long-term disability following traumatic brain injury.
• An estimated 5.3 million Americans – a little more than 2% of the U.S. population – currently live with disabilities resulting from traumatic brain injury.
• Every 23 seconds, an infant, child, teenager or adult sustains a traumatic brain injury (in the U.S.).
• The risk of TBI is highest among adolescents, young adults and those older than 75 years.
• After one brain injury, the risk for a second injury is three times greater; after the second injury, the risk for a third injury is eight times greater.

Costs of Brain Injury

The cost of brain injury in the United States is estimated to be $60 billion annually. This figure includes direct medical costs and indirect costs such as lost productivity.

Brain injury accounts for more years of lost productivity than any other injury.

John Casey can win your brain injury case

A traumatic brain injury can have a lifelong impact, diminishing quality of life for the injured and their support network. Brain injuries can occur in a number of ways, from a vehicular accidents to on-the-job injuries. Like other catastrophic injuries, these cases are complex and require an experienced legal team that can fully evaluate the true impact of the injury, financially as well as in terms of quality of life.

Related terms:  Brain injuries, brain damage.