Background: traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health problem because of its severity and frequency. No recent national epidemiological study on TBI victims is currently available in France. Objective: this study aimed to quantify and characterise TBI victims and analyse temporal trends. Methods: French hospitalisation data were used in this study. All hospitalised patients residing in France with at least one International Classification of Disease, 10th revision, code S06.0 to S06.9 during 2011-2016 were selected. Incidence and hospital case-fatality rates were calculated. Quasi-Poisson models were used to analyse temporal trends. Results: in 2016, the incidence rate was 230.6/100,000 people, higher among men than women regardless of age. Incidence and hospital case-fatality rates were also higher among older than younger people. Incidence rates increased during 2011-2016, mainly due to the higher incidence rate with age ≥65 years than younger age. During 2011-2016, hospital case-fatality rates decreased, mainly due to the decrease in the older age group (≥65 years old). Conclusions: to our knowledge, this is the first national study in France to provide recent data on hospitalised TBI victims. Our study shows that TBI is a major public health concern in France. As a priority, older people represent a risk group that should be targeted with preventive actions because they have both the highest incidence and case-fatality rates and had the largest increase in incidence rates over the study period.
Auteur : Paget Louis-Marie, Chin Francis, Beltzer Nathalie
Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2021, vol. 64, n°. 6, p. 1-6
