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Traumatic Brain Injury

  • A brain injury occurs every 21 seconds, resulting in 4,000 individuals sustaining a brain injury on a daily basis.
  • Brain injury is the #1 killer of people under the age of 44
  • Brain injury kills more young people under the age of 34 in Florida than all diseases combined.
  • The cost of this epidemic in the us exceeds $48.3 billion per year
  • Estimated 5.3 million Americans living with a disability as a result of brain injury.
  • There are no FDA approved medications for the indication of traumatic brain injury.




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