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In 1992 The Texas Legislature, through the Texas Department of Health, divided the state into 22 trauma service areas and established Regional Advisory Councils (RACs).

University Hospital is the lead Level I Trauma Center for Texas Trauma Service Area, and is a member of the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma (STRAC). The STRAC is charged with continuously improving this region's comprehensive trauma care program.

Significant Points

  • Bexar County and South Texas children die from injury more commonly than all other causes of death combined. 
  • Trauma is the leading cause of death in all age groups between 1 and 44. 
  • Since development of the South Texas Regional Trauma System, injury death rates have significantly decreased. (TDH-Texas Trauma Registry)
 

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