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Epidemiology

Traumatic brain injury is still the leading cause of death from young people but the most important problem is that survivors from moderate and severe TBI lead with some sort of cognitive and physical disability. The incidence for TBI is about 100 hospitalized cases per 100.000 population (Kraus & Mc Arthur, 1999) and the mortality rate is 30/100.000/year. There is an epidemiological study from Spain that has shown an incidence for TBI about 91/100.000/year (Vasquez-Baquero A, 1992). Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-sponsored State surveillance projects estimates that prevalence range from 2.5 million to 6.5 million individuals living with the consequences of TBI.

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