@article{ref1,
title="Traumatic Brain Injuries in Children and Young Adults: A Birth Cohort Study from Northern Finland",
journal="Neuroepidemiology",
year="2007",
author="Winqvist, Satu and Lehtilahti, Maria and Jokelainen, J. and Luukinen, H. and Hillbom, Matti",
volume="29",
number="1-2",
pages="136-142",
abstract="Aims: Incidence and mortality rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) were investigated by using the Northern Finland Birth Cohort. This cohort provides a valuable source of data from the population born in 1966 (n = 12,058) in the 2 northernmost provinces of Finland. Methods: The cohort was followed for 34 years, and data were gathered from the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register and the Registry for Causes of Death by Statistics Finland. Results: The annual incidence of and mortality from TBI were 118 and 14/100,000, respectively. Case fatality was 12%. An estimated prevalence of TBI at the age of 34 years was 269/100,000. Peak occurrences were observed at the age of 6-7 years in both genders and at the age of 18-23 years in men. The proportion of TBI mortality out of total mortality was 12%. Young men aged 16-34 years had 10-fold proportionate mortality from TBI compared to boys aged &lt;/=15 years. Alcohol drinking was associated with a particularly prominent number of intentional injuries in young men. Conclusion: Incidence and mortality rates of TBI vary according to age and gender. Peaks occur in children at the age of school entry and in men at the age of 18-23 years. Children have mild injuries, whereas the injuries of young men are frequently intentional and fatal and associated with alcohol drinking. &lt;/=15 Basel.   <p alcohol=&quot;alcohol&quot; drinking=&quot;drinking&quot; was=&quot;was&quot; a=&quot;a&quot; particularly=&quot;particularly&quot; prominent=&quot;prominent&quot; number=&quot;number&quot; men.=&quot;men.&quot; conclusion:=&quot;conclusion:&quot; incidence=&quot;incidence&quot; mortality=&quot;mortality&quot; rates=&quot;rates&quot; tbi=&quot;tbi&quot; vary=&quot;vary&quot; according=&quot;according&quot; to=&quot;to&quot; gender.=&quot;gender.&quot; peaks=&quot;peaks&quot; occur=&quot;occur&quot; children=&quot;children&quot; school=&quot;school&quot; entry=&quot;entry&quot; in=&quot;in&quot; at=&quot;at&quot; age=&quot;age&quot; years.=&quot;years.&quot; have=&quot;have&quot; mild=&quot;mild&quot; whereas=&quot;whereas&quot; the=&quot;the&quot; injuries=&quot;injuries&quot; of=&quot;of&quot; young=&quot;young&quot; men=&quot;men&quot; are=&quot;are&quot; frequently=&quot;frequently&quot; intentional=&quot;intentional&quot; fatal=&quot;fatal&quot; and=&quot;and&quot; associated=&quot;associated&quot; with=&quot;with&quot; drinking.=&quot;drinking.&quot; copyright=&quot;copyright&quot; s.=&quot;s.&quot; karger=&quot;karger&quot;></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0251-5350",
doi="10.1159/000110741",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000110741"
}