Shock Trauma Stats
Teen Injury
Things That Go
Head Injuries
Spinal Cord Injuries
100
This is how many patients Shock Trauma gets per day

What is 15?

100

This is the #1 cause of fatalities for teens.

What are preventable injuries?

100

This is how fast (in miles per hour) an airbag inflates.

What is 200 m.p.h.?

100

This is another term for concussion.

What is mTBI?

100

This is how many spinal levels there are.

What is 4?

200

This is how much a helicopter ride to Shock Trauma costs

What is $60,000-$100,000?

200

This is the #1 cause for teenage car crashes

What is inexperience?

200

These are substances that can impair driving ability.

What are alcohol, marijuana, prescription medications, illicit drugs, and over-the-counter medications?

200

This is what TBI stands for.

What is traumatic brain injury?

200

These are the names of the spinal levels.

What are: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral?

300

This is Shock Trauma Center's busiest season of the year.

What is summer?

300

This is how many people 14 and younger get hurt playing sports or participating in recreational activities each year.

What is 3.5 million?

300

This is the reduction in fatal crashes for 16-year-olds since graduated driver licensing was introduced.

What is 21%?

300

This is a symptom of concussions.

What is: headache, memory loss, impaired judgement, difficulty concentration, fatigue, loss of balance?

300

This is the percentage of new spinal cord injury cases that are male.

What is 78%?

400

This is how many patients Shock Trauma gets in one year

What is 7,000?

400

This is the sport with the highest injury rates for girls.

What is soccer?

400

This is the percentage of teenage passenger fatalities that occurred when the vehicle driver was another teenager.

What is 57%?

400

This is how many people get a TBI in the US each year.

What is 1.7 million people?

400

This is the average hospital acute care unit length of stay for a spinal cord injury.

What is 12 days?

500

This is the #1 reason cause of patients being admitted to Shock Trauma.

What is fall?

500

This is the most injured body sight that teens get playing sports.

What is head and face?

500

This class of e-bikes (1, 2, or 3) requires minimum age requirement for riders.

What is class 3? (e Class 3 e-bike is equipped with a speedometer, and only assists until the bike reaches 28 mph — an excellent choice for commuters. The most popular bikes fit into Class 1 or Class 3 because riders still want to pedal)

500

This is how much more likely males are likely to be hospitalized for TBI than females.

What is nearly two times?

500

This is the average age at injury for spinal cord injuries.

What is 43 years old?