TABLE 1B: DISTRIBUTION OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES
BY SEX, AGE, CAUSE, RACE AND SEVERITY
NEW JERSEY, 1994 |
| CATEGORY |
FATAL |
NON-FATAL
MODERATE TO SEVERE |
NON-FATAL
MILD |
NON-FATAL
UNDETERMINED SEVERITY |
TOTAL
INCIDENCE |
| SEX |
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
772 |
1,421 |
4,323 |
172 |
6,688 |
| Female |
307 |
698 |
2,634 |
152 |
3,791 |
| TOTAL |
1,079 |
2,119 |
6,957 |
324 |
10,479 |
| AGE
GROUP |
|
|
|
|
|
| Under
5 |
26 |
122 |
531 |
46 |
725 |
| 5-14 |
30 |
147 |
822 |
28 |
1,027 |
| 15-24 |
159 |
306 |
1,468 |
41 |
1,974 |
| 25-44 |
294 |
516 |
1,945 |
56 |
2,811 |
| 45-64 |
173 |
351 |
967 |
39 |
1,530 |
| 65-84 |
289 |
532 |
949 |
68 |
1,838 |
| 85+ |
108 |
145 |
275 |
46 |
574 |
| TOTAL |
1,079 |
2,119 |
6,957 |
324 |
10,479 |
| CAUSE |
|
|
|
|
|
| Motor
vehicle (E810-E819) |
316 |
612 |
2,940 |
83 |
3,952 |
| Falls
(E880-E888) |
297 |
941 |
2,375 |
160 |
3,772 |
| Other
unintentional (E800-E807, E826-E879,E890-E949) |
124 |
256 |
799 |
44 |
1,223 |
| Assaults/Homicide
(E960-E969) |
141 |
252 |
732 |
23 |
1,154 |
| Suicide/Self-inflicted
(E950-E959) |
159 |
12 |
20 |
3 |
194 |
| Other
external (E970-E999) |
39 |
20 |
33 |
1 |
93 |
| Unknown |
3 |
20 |
58 |
10 |
91 |
| TOTAL |
1,079 |
2,119 |
6,957 |
324 |
10,479 |
| RACE |
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
829 |
1,602 |
5,383 |
246 |
8,060 |
| Black |
196 |
364 |
1,025 |
48 |
1,633 |
| Other/unknown |
54 |
153 |
549 |
30 |
786 |
| TOTAL |
1,079 |
2,119 |
6,957 |
324 |
10,479 |
NOTE:
- TBI Incidence rate = No. of incidents*100,000/Estimated New Jersey population
- Population estimates were developed by the U.S. Bureau of
Census.
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