More than 1,000 patients in US admitted annually for aviation-related injuries
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 09:28
in Health & Medicine
The first ever published study of aviation-related injuries and deaths in the US finds that more than 1,013 patients are admitted to US hospitals with aviation-related injuries annually, and that 753 aviation-deaths occur each year. The study also reports that the largest categories of patients were occupants of civilian, noncommercial powered aircraft (32 percent) and parachutists (29 percent).