Fall-related traumatic brain injury in children ages 0–4 years
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Estimated 139,001 children under 5 treated annually in US EDs for fall-related TBI (2001–2013); 93% treated and released, 5% hospitalized
“"An estimated 139,001 children younger than 5 years were treated annually in emergency departments in the United States for nonfatal, unintentional fall-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) during 2001–2013. The majority of children (93%) were treated and released from the emergency department; only 5% were hospitalized or transferred for higher-level care."”
Calculation notes
Corroborates the MMWR annual rate for ages 0–4 and provides the severity distribution: 93% ED discharge, 5% hospitalized. The 139,001 annual average against an approximate 0–4 population of ~20 million yields ~695 per 100,000, consistent with the MMWR 2001–2013 average rate; the 2013 MMWR figure of 1,094.4 reflects the upward trend over the study period. This source also confirms that internal head injuries (87.7%) and concussions (9.6%) are the dominant diagnostic categories — not skull fractures or intracranial hemorrhage, supporting the 'most are mild' framing.
Source date: 2019-11-01 · Accessed: 2026-05-02
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~139,000 US children ages 0-4 treated in EDs annually for fall-related TBI; 83.5% at home; furniture (especially beds) ranked second among implicated product categories for ages 1-4
“"The majority of the fall-related TBI in this cohort occurred at home, related to surfaces, structures and fixtures, furniture, and baby products."”
Calculation notes
Haarbauer-Krupa et al. (CDC Injury Center) anchor the traumatic-brain-injury slice specifically. ~139,000 annual ED visits for fall-related TBI in US under-5s, against a population of ~18-19 million, is roughly 7 per 1,000 children annually. Compounded across the 0-2 window and weighted toward the infant year (where TBI risk and the most-mobile developmental stage converge), this is consistent with the 0.1% skull-fracture/intracranial-bleed row in regional_breakdown.
Independence note: CDC analysis of NEISS-AIP data; shares the NEISS pipeline with Solaiman et al. above. Treated as a TBI-specific cut of the same underlying surveillance dataset rather than an independent estimate.
Source date: 2019-12-01 · Accessed: 2026-04-11
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