Skateboarding sent about 176 youth to US emergency departments every day
Friday, April 8, 2016 - 18:13
in Health & Medicine
A study examined data for youth and adolescents 5-19 years of age who were treated in US emergency departments (EDs) for skateboarding-related injuries from 1990-2008. Nationally, over the 19-year period, there was an average of 64,572 children and adolescents treated each year for skateboarding-related injuries -- about 176 a day.