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KMID : 1143420200130120674
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Public Health Weekly Report
2020 Volume.13 No. 12 p.674 ~ p.691
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The Current State and Prevention Strategies of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Korea
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Lee Sang-Hun
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Abstract
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the major causes of death and disability. Understanding the epidemiologic
characteristics of TBI is the first step for developing prevention strategies, educating the public and optimizing care systems and rehabilitation strategies. The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) collect in-depth and sustained data through thorough investigations of TBI patients in emergency departments. This study analyzed the results from 2008 to 2017 to confirm the current state of TBI in Korea. Over the past ten years, the number of TBI patients who visited the emergency departments of twenty-three participating hospitals gradually increased; from 2,084 TBI patients in 2008 to 26,395 TBI patients in 2017. This study found that the proportion of men (60.5%) was higher than women (39.5%), and unintentional injury accounted for 94.9% of the cases. TBI was higher in children aged 0-4 years and in adults aged 45-54 years, but hospitalization and mortality increased with age. Motor vehicle crashes were identified as the most common causes in adolescents and adults. Falls (39.6%) were the most common causes across all ages. However, falls were most prevalent in children and the elderly. While developed countries have prevention programs for preventing and recognizing the early signs of TBI, in Korea, there is still a lack of public awareness and related data and prevention programs are still incomplete. It is time to establish a TBI prevention infrastructure by increasing public awareness and education about the incidence of brain injury and developing traumatic brain injury prevention programs, textbooks, and guidelines.
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KEYWORD
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Traumatic Brain Injury, Epidemiology, Injury Surveillance, Prevention Strategies
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