Incidence of Traumatic Brain Injury in the U.S. Military, 2010–2014

Abstract

Across all years, Marines and Army Soldiers experience the highest rates of injury with deployed SMs having elevated IRs of TBI. The TBI IR among deployed SMs was 91% higher than among those in the non-deployed setting, due to continued exposures to combat. Deployed Reserve/Guard component SMs seem to have an above average rate, a finding with implications for training and prevention.