Brain Bee

The Brain

The Brain

THE TOLL OF SELECTED BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS ON AMERICANS

Condition Total Cases Cost per Year (U.S. dollars)

Sleep Disorders 70 million 100 billionHearing Loss 32 million 2.5 billionAll Depressive Disorders 20.9 million 70 billionTraumatic Brain Injury 5.3 million 60 billionStroke 5.2 million 51 billionAlzheimer’s Disease 5 million 148 billionSchizophrenia 2 million 32.5 billionParkinson’s Disease 1 million 5.6 billionMultiple Sclerosis 400,000 10.6 billionSpinal Cord Injury 250,000 10 billionHuntington’s Disease 30,000 2 billion

Sleep Disord

ers

Hearing Lo

ss

All Depressi

ve Disord

ers

Traumatic Brain In

jury

Stroke

Alzheim

er’s Dise

ase

Schizo

phrenia

Parkinson’s D

isease

Multiple Sclero

sis

Spinal Cord

Injury

Huntington’s Dise

ase 0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Total Cases M

illio

ns o

f cas

es

Alzheim

er’s Dise

ase

Sleep Disord

ers

All Depressi

ve Disord

ers

Traumatic Brain In

jury

Stroke

Schizo

phrenia

Multiple Sclero

sis

Spinal Cord

Injury

Parkinson’s D

isease

Hearing Lo

ss

Huntington’s Dise

ase 0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Cost per Year (U.S. dollars)Bi

llion

s of

US

Dol

lars

Neuron

Neuron

Neuron Migration

Nervous System

Spinal column and nerves

Sense and perception

Sense and Perception

Hearing

Smell

Taste

Pain

Pain

Learning and Memory

Movement

Movement