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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Inj Prev. 2018 Oct 13;25(6):514–520. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2018-042927

Table 1.

2014 North Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System acquired brain injury and traumatic brain injury prevalence by cause

Cause Total (N=201) Weighted % 95% CI
Health problem (tumour, stroke, aneurism) 60 22.53  0.14 to 29.93
Other cause or multiple causes 28 14.02  7.33 to 20.71
Lack of oxygen to the brain (near drowning, drug overdose, heart attack/ failure, electrical shock)  3  1.10  0.00 to 2.51
Don’t know/not sure  3  2.83  0.00 to 6.45
Motor vehicle crash* 53 25.37 17.09 to 33.65
Fall* 21 10.38  5.13 to 15.63
Sports-related event* 18 15.27  7.64 to 22.91
Assault (violence inflicted by others, including a gunshot)*  8  5.68  0.93 to 10.43
Equestrian accident*  4  1.47  0.00 to 3.63
Bicycle crash*  3  1.34  0.00 to 3.00
*

Classified as a TBI.