There are two classifications of brain injury...Click here to learn more.

 

Will I recover? This question is asked by all persons with an acquired brain injury. Click here to learn more.

 

Have you suffered a brain injury or know someone who has? Click here to read some personal experiences.

 

Statistics
Currently there is a poverty of accurate brain injury statistics nationally and provincially within BC. We will look at incidence and prevalence statistics for traumatic brain injuries. Incidence is described as the number of new brain injuries that occur within a defined population. Prevalence is the number of people living with a brain injury within the defined population. According to estimated incidence and prevalence statistics provided through BABC, there is:

Incidence:

Approximately 190,000 TBI's survived every year in Canada

Approximately 24,000 TBI's survived every year in BC

Prevalence:

Approximately 590,000 TBI's in Canada

Approximately 75,000 TBI's in BC

* these statistics were provided by BABC (2002) based on Canadian populations, and extrapolated from US statistics.

 

Structure and Function of the Brain

There exists an abundance of written and illustrated information
regarding brain anatomy, brain development and brain functions, thus we
have refrained from repeating this information and rather have included
sites for your information and referral:

www.tbiguide.com

www.neuroskills.com (look under research>brain map, and/or research>brain injury>brain facts)

www.biausa.org/Pages/brain_maps.html

http://apu.sfn.org/content/Publications/BrainFacts/

http://splweb.bwh.harvard.edu:8000/pages/papers/AnatomyBrowser/current/

http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/

http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/neuro_atlas.html

http://www.seniors.gov.ab.ca/CSS/bii/survival_guide/index.asp