Brain Minders
The Facts





- Every 21
seconds someone in the United States incurs a brain injury.
- Every 16
seconds someone in the world sustains a brain injury.
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In the USA, approximately 90,000 people experience a
life-long debilitating loss of function due to a traumatic brain injury each
year.
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Most frequent causes of brain injuries are vehicular crashes,
falls, sports and recreational injuries and assault.
- Brain
injury is the most frequent cause of death among young people.
- Annually,
30,000 children become permanently disabled, 150,000 are hospitalized and
7,000 deaths occur due to brain injury in the United States.
- No one is
immune from brain injury.
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Many people are not aware that brain damage can occur after a
near drowning, or during a medical emergency.
- Currently,
up to fifty percent of the American public is unaware that shaking a baby is
dangerous.
- An
estimated 3,000 children are diagnosed with the traumatic brain injury known
as shaken baby syndrome (SBS).
- The only
defense against brain injury is prevention education.
- Pilot
International's public service campaign, BrainMinders™ is
focused on providing prevention education to the general public, children,
caregivers and professionals in the community.
- Pilot
International, founded in 1921, is a service organization. Over the past
eighty years local, national and international communities have benefited
from Pilot International's involvement.
- Since
1991, Pilot International has raised millions of dollars in financial
support of charities and organizations benefiting brain disabilities and
disorders.
- Pilot
International Foundation has awarded over one million dollars in grants
assisting Pilot club communities and scholarships for individuals pursuing
careers in research, medicine and therapy for brain disorders and
disabilities.
- Pilot
International Foundation has funded grants to Pilot clubs to activate
BrainMinders™ public service campaign in their local
communities and to introduce the BrainMinder™ Buddies
program to children between the ages of three and six-years old. A program
for older children is in development.
- Pilot
International’s BrainMinders™ campaign will expand each
year to broaden the educational programs and public service opportunities.
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The primary goal of the BrainMinders™
program is to dramatically decrease the number of brain injuries.
These facts are based on statistics compiled from
DANA Brain Alliance, CDC and the BIA
For More information visit the
Pilot International
web site.