Brain Injury Information 

The CDC reports that each year 1.4 million Americans will sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The direct medical costs and indirect costs such as loss of productivity of TBI totaled an estimated $56.3 billion dollars in 1995.*

*Thurman D. The epidemiology and economics of head trauma. In: Miller L, Hayes R, editors. Head trauma: basic, preclinical, and clinical directions. New York (NY): Wiley and Sons; 2001.

The brain is by far the most complex organ of the body. No two brains are the same and no two brain injuries are the same. The Brain Injury Alliance of South Dakota is committed to helping others learn about more brain injury and its effects.

Wyoming leads the nation with the highest number of brain injuries per capita.  Where does South Dakota rank?  South Dakota is one of only two states in the country that have not accepted a federal grant to research the incidence of traumatic brain injury.  This is one of the many battles that the Brain Injury Alliance of South Dakota is fighting.  Based on national averages there are over 20,000 South Dakotans currently living with a brain injury or stroke.

Below are links to more information about brain injury.