Abuse Related TBI

• According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), assaults are the cause of 10 percent of TBIs in the general population; they account for 3 percent of all TBIs among children aged 0–14 years and 1 percent among adults aged 65 years and older). Assaults include injuries inflicted by another person with intent to injure or kill, such as fights, child maltreatment (e.g., shaken baby or abusive head trauma), and intimate partner violence or elder abuse. https://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/pdf/guide-to-writing-about-tbi-in-news-and-social-media-a.pdf
• May 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the weekly report, “Fatal Abusive Head Trauma Among Children Aged <5 Years — United States, 1999–2014,” identifying abusive head trauma (AHT) as one of the leading causes of maltreatment fatalities among infants and children in the U.S. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6520a1.htm
• Victimization of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury or Other Disabilities: A Fact Sheet for Professionals https://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/pdf/VictimizationTBI_Fact%20Sheet4Pros-a.pdf