Ottawa Brain Injury Lawyer, Ontario Head Injury Lawyers: As an eastern Ontario brain injury lawyer, I continue to be shocked at the brain injury statistics that come out each year as most brain injuries are preventable.  A Brain Injury is an invisible personal injury, unlike a cut or a bruise. A brain injury is a catastrophic injury and trauma to the brain is not visible. Often times  victims of a brain injury or head injury appear to be uninjured and go about their lives. However; often times someone with a brain injury is suffering and is not showing it. Typically friends, family members, co-workers and employers start to notice small changes…The incidence of brain injury is high in Canada:  

Brain injury from trauma  occurs every 500 out of 100,000 individuals yearly. 

Brain Injury outnumbers  breast cancer, spinal cord injury and HIV/AIDS. 

It is estimated that there are some 27,000 children with Acquired Brain Injuries in Ontario schools. 

• people who wear helmets suffer fewer injuries rates (an average of 25% lower) .

• Bicycle injuries are one of the leading causes of injury for children ages 10-14 years old, and traumatic brain injuries account for close to one third (29%) of all cycling-related hospital admissions.

• Research shows that 20% of people in psychiatric settings appear to have a history of brain injury.

• Helmets use reduces brain injury by 88%.

Each year, 50,000 Canadians suffer an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). In Ontario, 44 people sustain a brain injury daily. 

• Close to 500 000 people in Ontario are living with an acquired brain injury.

795 children out of 100,000 individuals suffer a brain injury each year 

456 people suffer a brain injury daily in Canada — this amounts to one person injured every 3 minutes. 

Most brain injury occur in males aged 16 to 24. 

Brain injury from trauma is the greatest killer under the age of 45; 

the greatest cause of disability under 44; 

and kills more children under 20 than all other causes combined 

As an Ontario brain injury lawyer and one of the top Ottawa brain injury lawyers, I urge everyone out there to slow down, buckle up, put a helmet on ,be alert and be safe out there.  A brain injury is life altering and can happen to anyone in an instant. 

————————————————————————————————– Ottawa Injury Blog is written regularly by  Ontario Catastrophic Injury lawyer David Hollingsworth. David has been an Ontario brain injury lawyer representing eastern Ontario accident victims since 1999. This blog reports on accidents in eastern Ontario, personal injury issues, local Ottawa news and events and various news that relates to Ottawa, accidents and personal injury.  Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information. If you have a question, feel free to call or email david@ottawainjury.ca