DoD Worldwide Numbers for TBI

DVBIC is the DoD’s Office of Responsibility for tracking TBI data in the U.S. military. Our website provides numbers for service members diagnosed with TBI since 2000, listed in total and identified by service and injury severity. The numbers are updated each quarter.

The numbers represent medical diagnoses of TBI that occurred anywhere U.S. forces are located, including the continental U.S. The diagnosis and severity of injury were determined using ICD-9 codes. Importantly, these numbers are not all deployment-related; 84% of TBIs occur in a non-deployed setting. Common causes of TBI include crashes in privately owned and military vehicles, falls, sports and recreation activities, and military training.  

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