Head Injuries Increase Dramatically After Motorcycle Helmet Law Repeal
Monday, June 16, 2008 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
Large increases in head injury deaths and hospitalizations occurred in Pennsylvania in the two years following the repeal of the motorcycle helmet law in 2003, says a new study in the American Journal of Public Health. Accounting for increases in motorcycle registrations, study authors noted a 32 percent increase in head injury deaths and a 42 percent increase in head injury-related hospitalizations, raising concerns about motorcyclists' safety and the impact on health care costs.
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