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Article: Wearing bicycle helmets.(Work zone: reducing mishaps by 50%)
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- Sea&Shore
- Article date:
- March 22, 2004
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Each year, bicycle-related deaths number about 900, and hospital emergency rooms treat more than 500,000 people for bicycle-related injuries. More children, ages 5 to 14, go to hospital emergency rooms for such injuries than for any other sport. Many of these injuries involve the head. If you don't wear a helmet, you're risking your life.
Statistics show that five Sailors died and 68 more were injured in recreational bicycle mishaps reported during the last five years. Fifteen of the 68 people who went to medical facilities for treatment had been involved in mishaps where their heads hit the ground. Why Wear a Bicycle Helmet?
* Wearing one has been ...