Trauma Facts:

• More than 180,000 people die from injuries each year - 1 person every 3 minutes (CDC).
• Injuries are the leading cause of death for people ages 1-44 in the US (CDC).
• Injuries cost more than $406 billion annually in medical care and lost productivity (Finkelstein et al.).

CDC Injury & Violence Prevention and Control Read More

10 Leading Causes of Death from Injury by age group in the U.S. (2009) - CDC  Read More

Traumatic Brain Injury Facts - CDC   Read More

World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Ten facts on injuries and violence  Read More

NCHS Data Brief on Sepsis Read More

National Institutes of Health - National Institute of General Medical Sciences Trauma Fact Sheet Read More

Texas Department of State Health Services Trauma Data Read More

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