• Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the number one killer
• and disabler of young Canadians under the age of forty
• Hospitalization occurs at a rate of 200 per 1 00,000 annually
• 50,000 Canadians sustain brain injuries annually
• In Ontario, 16,000 residents sustain TBI (44 individuals daily)
• The leading cause of TBI in North America is
  
  1. automobile accidents 50%
  2. falls 21%
  3. violence 12%
  4. sports/recreation 10%
• Every year in Canada 60 children will die and 5,000 will be seriously injured secondary to bicycle accidents.
• Long -term consequences of brain injury affect the lives of about 26,000 individuals annually.
• 22% of people with catastrophic injuries never leave their homes.

*these facts are supplied by the Ontario Brain Injury Association