State-Level Numbers and Rates of Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths in 2014.

Abstract

To provide state-level traumatic brain injury (TBI)-related emergency department (ED) visit, hospitalization, and death estimates for 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Core Violence and Injury Prevention Program and State Injury Indicators participating states. Cross-sectional. Number and incidence rates of TBI-related ED visits, hospitalizations, and deaths in more than 30 states. The rates of TBI-related ED visits in 2014 ranged from 381.1 per 100 000 (South Dakota) to 998.4 per 100 000 (Massachusetts). In 2014, Pennsylvania had the highest TBI-related hospitalization rate (98.9) and Ohio had the lowest (55.1). In 2014, the TBI-related death rate ranged from 9.1 per 100 000 (New Jersey) to 23.0 per 100 000 (Oklahoma). The variations in TBI burden among states support the need for tailoring prevention efforts to state needs. Results of this analysis can serve as a baseline for these efforts.