Table 2.

Types and Frequencies of Head Injuries and Illnesses

	N = 114
Motor Vehicle Accident	61
Fall	14
Other (head injury, head trauma on boat, head trauma by airplane turbulence, struck on head, hit by beam, by rock, by sledgehammer, by elevator door; electrocution, near drowning, intravenous epinephrine overdose)	11
Illness (dementia, stroke, seizure, multiple sclerosis, neurological disorder, AIDS, depression)	10
Assault/Fight	6
Head Injury at Home	7
Explosion (military, civilian)	3
Unknown	2