Table 4.

Annual rate^a of productivity losses (in millions of dollars) due to TBI-related deaths by age, gender, and major cause: Missouri, 2001–2005^b

^aRate per 100,000 population

^bWe used the present discounted value of future earnings by age and gender at a 3% discount rate to calculate the productivity losses from TBI. See: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Missouri information for community assessment: death MICA, 2001–2004 [cited 2005 Dec 1]. Available from: URL: http://www.dhss.mo.gov/DeathMICA/index.html

TBI = traumatic brain injury