STUDY GUIDE 2026
Initial TBI injury - correct answer ✔✔3x greater risk of another TBI
Initial injury + 2nd injury - correct answer ✔✔8x greater risk of another TBI
TBI contributes to how much of all injury related deaths - correct answer ✔✔1/3
What is the percentage of MTBI in US - correct answer ✔✔75%
Incidence of TBIs annually in the US - correct answer ✔✔2.5 million
50 % of all TBIs are in what age group - correct answer ✔✔0-5
61 % of all TBIs are in what age group - correct answer ✔✔65 or older
Highest rate of death is falls in what age group - correct answer ✔✔75 or greater
Highest rate of deaths from TBI due to firearms - correct answer ✔✔20-24 and 75 or greater
67% of TBIs from abuse are in what age group - correct answer ✔✔0-3 years old
Highest rate of TBI for MVA is in what age group - correct answer ✔✔20-24
Highest rate of TBI related deaths from MVA is what age group - correct answer ✔✔16-19
, Amount of women physically abused by someone they are intimate with - correct answer ✔✔2-
4 million
The age of women that intimate violence is the leading cause of serious injury - correct answer
✔✔15-44
Percentage of women who are victims of DV who also had a TBi - correct answer ✔✔67%
Percentage of people in prison with TBi - correct answer ✔✔25-87%
Mild TBI GCS - correct answer ✔✔13-15
Mod TBI GCS - correct answer ✔✔9-12
Severe TBI GCS - correct answer ✔✔3-8
Percentage of people with persistent post concussive symptoms who recover in 2-4 wks -
correct answer ✔✔85-90%
Percentage of people with persistent post concussive symptoms longer than 4wks - correct
answer ✔✔10-15%
Percentage of people who had swallowing issues with TBI early injury - correct answer ✔✔90%
Metabolic and endocrine disorders occur in up to what percentage of individuals with moderate
to severe injuries >1yr post injury - correct answer ✔✔30%