5-year study of incidence rates of hospitalized cases of head injuries in the US Army.
Incidence rates of hospitalized head injury cases in the US Army were calculated by age, race, and sex. Skull fractures and intracranial diagnoses were found almost exclusively in males. For concussion, white males were at about 1.5 times greater risk compared to black males, and white females were at about 2 to greater than 3 times the risk compared to black females. For other intracranial injury, males were at 1.25 to about 2 times increased risk compared to females, white males were at about 1.5 times risk compared to black males, and white females were at 1.5-2 times greater risk compared to black females. Ten percent of head injury cases had an alcohol-related additional diagnosis and 97% of these were found in males.
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Department of Military Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000453:epidemiology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology