Based on estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), California experiences each year an estimated 108,698 emergency department visits related to TBI, 22,413 non-fatal hospitalizations, and more than 7,000 Californians suffer TBI-related disabilities.
For more information concerning traumatic brain injury in California, check out the Betty Clooney Foundation, Traumatic Brain Injury, 4429 Village Road, Long Beach, CA 90808, tel: (562) 938-9005 • toll free: (888) 824-6724; or the Brain Injury Association of California, (888) 662 - 4222 .