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BookmarkHead injury is a trauma to the head, that may or may not include injury to the brain.
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The incidence (number of new cases) of head injury is 300 per 100,000 per year (0.3% of the population), with a mortality of 25 per 100,000 in North America and 9 per 100,000 in Britain.
Head trauma is a common cause of childhood hospitalization.
Common causes of head injury are traffic accidents, home and occupational accidents, falls, and assaults..
For more information about the topic Head injury, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
Cerebral contusion — Cerebral contusion is a form of traumatic brain injury, a bruise of the brain tissue. Like bruises in other tissues, cerebral contusion can be caused ... > read more
Brain damage — Brain damage or brain injury is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells.
Brain damage may occur due to a wide range of conditions, illnesses, ... > read more
Traumatic brain injury — Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma ... > read more
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