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The Facts on Central Nervous System
Disorders (Spinal Cord and Brain)

There are an estimated 50 million Americans affected by diseases or disorders of the spinal cord and brain. The list of disorders includes the following: spinal cord injury, memory loss, addiction, schizophrenia, learning disability, depression, violence, stroke, brain injury, dementia, suicide and many others. More than 90% of the American population has experienced or will experience the effects of a brain-related, mental, emotional or behavioral, disease, disorder or injury at some point in their lives. Spinal cord injuries affect 250,000 Americans, costing more than $10 billion yearly. Head injuries have disabled two million individuals, costing the country $25 billion annually. Strokes affect 500,000 new people every year, costing the national economy $25 billion yearly. Spinal cord and brain disorders including blindness and other eye injuries impact the American economy in excess of $400 billion a year, on direct health care costs and additional indirect lifetime costs. Individual suffering and loss to society, however, are almost impossible to quantify.

Sources: American Paralysis Association and The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives

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