The Figures
Professor Alan Tennant of Leeds University carried out the most recent study in 2005 which includes all patients admitted to hospital in England with head injury during years 2001-2 and 2002-3.
2001-2 figures:
229.4 per 100,000 = 112,718 cases in England, 134,854 in the UK
2002-3 figures:
229.1 per 100,000
A number of other studies, listed below, indicate that between 1 million and 1.4 million people attend hospital each year after suffering a head injury – these people are not necessarily admitted.
Teasdale (1995) Almost one million patients in the UK present to hospital each year having suffered a head injury.
Powell (1996) A figure of 1 million A&E attenders with head injury for the UK as a whole each year is often quoted, but this is based on figures from the late 1970s.
Haboubi et al (2001) Approx. 1.4 million people in Britain present at A&E departments each year with a head injury.
National Clinical Guideline (2003) Each year 1.4 million people attend hospitals in England and Wales after suffering a head injury, of whom 150,000 are admitted to hospital.
