Table 1.

Epidemiology of pediatric brain injury

	Incidence in children (per 100,000/yr)	Mortality ratea	Morbidity rateb
Cardiac arrest	OOH: 2.6–19.7 [42] IH: 21–1900 [126]	OOH: 8% [141] IH: 24–34% [126,141,95]	59% [141]
CNS infection	9.5c	4–8 [51,11]	18–26% [11]
Stroke	1.3–13 [81]	5–20% [81]	50% [81]
TBI	918–1188 [22]	33% [89]	69% [89]

CNS, central nervous system; TBI, traumatic brain injury; OOH, out-of-hospital; IH, in-hospital.

^aMortality at hospital discharge.

^bNeurological morbidity present at hospital discharge.

^cNational Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases / Division of Bacterial Diseases.