How is long term disability following brain damage determined by the CDC

Understanding the Prevalence of Long-Term Disability Following Traumatic Brain Injury   

-How many traumatic brain injuries occur each year?
-What are the statistics for people living with long-term disabilities after TBI?
-How is this data gathered, and why have the numbers changed in the last few years?

BrainLine advisor Jean Langlois Orman, ScD, MPH (Scientific Program Manager for Brain Injury Rehabilitation Research and Development Service at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) wrote "How Is the Prevalence of Long- Term Disability Counted," a short article that explains the processes that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention use to collect this type of information - available online at  BrainLine.