Citation

Moscato BS, Trevisan M, Willer BS. J. Neuropsychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 1994; 6(2): 134-142.

Affiliation

Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, American Neuropsychiatric Association, Publisher American Psychiatric Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8044034

Abstract

This original point prevalence study provides sociodemographic characteristics and Canadian household prevalence rates of adults (15 years and older) with disability who have survived a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the type, number, and prevalence rates of co-occurring disabilities. This report is based on the Health and Activity Limitation Survey, a national survey conducted by Statistics Canada in 1986-87. The overall household prevalence rate of TBI is 62.3/100,000 adults (95% confidence interval = 54.0, 70.5). Gender-specific rates are 81.3/100,000 males and 44.2/100,000 females, with a 1.8:1 male-to-female ratio. Rates are highest in the 45-64 age range, 3 times those in the 15-24 age group. Eighty-four percent of adults with TBI have co-occurring disabilities (median = 2), the most prevalent being limited mobility and agility.

Language: en