Traumatic Brain Injury Related Hospitalization and Mortality in California

Table 2

Estimated numbers and percentages of traumatic brain injury related hospitalization in California categorized by causes, demographics, insurance, years of admission, and mortality, 2001–2009.

Patient characteristics	Number (percentage)
Causes
Motor vehicle	11996 (19.6)
Fall	19113 (31.2)
Assault	6291 (10.3)
Struck by	300 (0.5)
Other	23488 (38.4)
Age
0–4	3910 (6.4)
5–9	760 (1.2)
10–14	916 (1.5)
15–19	2986 (4.9)
20–24	3256 (5.3)
25–34	4319 (7.1)
35–44	5296 (8.7)
45–54	6580 (10.8)
55–64	4923 (8.1)
65–74	5488 (9.0)
≥75	22754 (37.2)
Gender
Female	25159 (41.1)
Male	36029 (58.9)
Race
Blacks	3407 (5.6)
Hispanics	13231 (21.6)
Asians	3317 (5.4)
Other	1001 (1.6)
Whites	40232 (65.8)
Insurance
Medicare	26942 (44.0)
Medicaid	9556 (15.6)
Private	13666 (22.3)
Other	10128 (16.6)
Workers comp	896 (1.5)
Admission year
2001	6296 (10.3)
2002	6740 (11.0)
2003	7135 (11.7)
2004	7306 (11.9)
2005	7617 (12.5)
2006	7589 (12.4)
2007	7952 (13.0)
2008	5088 (8.2)
2009	5442 (8.9)
Length of stay
1-2	25878 (42.3)
3–5	16814 (27.5)
6 or more	18496 (30.2)
Severity
Minor	8933 (14.7)
Moderate	12341 (20.2)
Serious	18752 (30.7)
Severe	19649 (32.2)
Critical	1320 (2.2)
Mortality
Alive	56479 (92.3)
Died	4709 (7.7)