Who is affected by TBI?

• 50 million injured every year
• Estimated deaths – 1.2 million
• Global mortality: 97/1,000,000
• 70 percent fatalities (8,500,000) under 45 years of age
• 3,300 deaths and 6,600 serious injuries every day
• WHO Research Predicts by 2020:
  80 percent increase in developing countries
  147 percent increase in road traffic accidents (RTA) deaths in India/Rajasthan
  

• 60 percent of all TBI caused by RTA
• Fatality rate: 70 per 10,000 vehicles
• 25 times higher than in developed countries
• Alcohol involvement: 15-20 percent of TBI
• A 38 to 43 percent mortality rate in severe TBI
• One person dies in India every 6 to 10 minutes; will be every 3 minutes by 2020
• Asia is the location of the highest rate of injury for pedestrians and motorcycle operators
• Most of those who are injured in RTA are considered “vulnerable road users”: pedestrians (25 percent of those injured), motorcyclists (17 percent),
  four-wheel vehicle operators (15 percent), and pedal cyclists (10 percent).
• Of the victims classified as “severely injured” in RTAs, 76 percent have suffered head injuries.