Trauma Facts
Every 3 minutes
More than 275,000 people die from injuries each year – 1 person every 3 minutes. (CDC)
Injury related deaths
Injuries are the leading cause of death for people ages 1-46 in the US. (CDC)
Medical Care Cost
Injuries cost more than $4.2 trillion annually in medical care and lost productivity. (Peterson, et al.)
TBI-related injury
More than 64,000 people died in the US in 2020 due to a TBI-related injury. (CDC)
Trauma Resources
- American College of Surgeons – Best Practice Guidelines
- American College of Surgeons – Committee on Trauma
- American Trauma Society
- Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR)
- Disparities in National Institute of Health trauma research funding
- Falls and Falls Prevention – Older Adults
- Falls, Older Adults
- Injury & Violence Prevention and Control
- National Council on Aging – Falls Prevention
- National Institutes of Health – National Institute of General Medicine Sciences Sepsis Fact Sheet
- Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors
- SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council (SETRAC)
- STEADI – Older Adult Fall Prevention
- Texas Department of Health Services Injury Prevention Resources
- Texas Department of State Health Services Trauma Data
- Texas EMS Trauma and Acute Care Foundation (TETAF)
- Trauma & Emergency Health Care Resources
- Trauma Survivors Network
- Traumatic Brain Injury Facts