Information posted here is collected from electronic medical records and analyzed by the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center in cooperation with the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center. Numbers for the current year will be updated on a quarterly basis. Other data will be updated annually. At this time, the MHS is unable to provide information regarding cause of injury or location because that information is not available in most medical records.

Posted Directly from US Department of Health - http://www.health.mil/Pages/Page.aspx?ID=49

NPR had an interesting discussion on use of the Internet to address the dissimination of information regarding medical issues.

"When Americans go looking for information on health, they turn to the Internet as one of their first sources. According to a recent survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 61 percent of adults say they look online for health information. There's a term for them: e-patients."

Please go to NPR for more info - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120381580