Assault-related traumatic brain injury hospitalizations in Canada from 2010 to 2021: rates, trends and comorbidity.

Assault-related TBI hospitalization rates decreased overall and among males, rates among females increased from 2010 to 2021. These results underscore the importance of targeted prevention efforts for TBI related to different external causes, age and sex, and continued surveillance to monitor the epidemiology of assault-related TBI.