Brain Cancer Mortality Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A TBI Model Systems Study

A retrospective cohort study of 20,211 individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) admitted for inpatient rehabilitation between 1987 and 2024. The dataset, from the TBI Model Systems National Database, compares brain cancer mortality rates to the general population. It was authored by a figshare admin for Karger and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Calculate standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) for brain cancer based on the cohort of 20,211 individuals.
• Analyze brain cancer mortality risk factors such as gunshot wound (GSW) related TBI or mild TBI (mTBI).
• Compare cause-specific mortality patterns between a TBI cohort and a matched general population.
• Investigate the temporal trend of brain cancer mortality from 1987 to 2024 within the TBI Model Systems.

Strengths

• Includes 20,211 individual records from a national database spanning 37 years (1987-2024).
• Provides specific standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) with 95% confidence intervals for key subgroups (e.g., GSW-related TBI SMR=14.29).
• Data is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting open sharing and adaptation.

Limitations

• Row count for the primary analysis dataset is unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 46.3 KB file size suggests the data is a summary or supplementary material, not the full underlying patient-level records.

Provenance

Source

TBI Model Systems (TBIMS) National Database.

Collection Method

Retrospective cohort study using data from individuals admitted for inpatient rehabilitation following acute hospitalization.

Time Range

1987-2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 05:55:10; freshness should be verified.