Hospital Admitted Head Injury A Prospective Study in PQridelng, Norwo)., 1979-80

Head injury ranks among the leading causes of disability and death in the prime of life. The purpose of the present prospective investigation was to study head injuries ne-cessitating hospital admission in our region. The charac-teristics of 1124 such head injuries in Trpndelag in 1979-80 are presented. The annual incidence was 200 per 1OOooO inhabitants. Young males were most often affect-ed. The incidence was higher in males than in females in all age ranges. Road traffic accidents were the most com-mon cause of head injury, but home accidents had higher rates of skull fractures and intracranial haematomas. Both lethality and duration of hospitalization increased with age. Head injury is common and often has sequelae, sometimes even death. In Norway, accidents ar