The incidence of traumatic brain injury in young people in the catchment area of the University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands

The ratio for mild, moderate and severe traumatic brain injury in children and young people was 33.7-1.8-1.In the mild TBI group almost 17% of the patients reported sequelae. The finding that 42% of them had a normal brain CT scan at admission underwrites the necessity of careful follow up of children and young people with mild TBI.