All this stuff is making my head hurt!
;>)
-JimD
On Oct 2, 2012, at 12:23 PM, Seth Vidal wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Rex Kerr <rexk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps it would seem that way but the facts are otherwise. The Minnesota
>>> Department of Health report a few years ago found that pedestrian brain
>>> injuries far exceeded bike related brain injuries. So did brain injuries
>>> from motor vehicle accidents, falls at home, assaults, gunshot wounds,
>>> suicide attempts, strokes and heart attacks, etc. Interestingly there were
>>> fewer brain injuries for cyclists riding on the streets than riding on bike
>>> paths and trails.
>>
>>
>>
>> Do you have a link to a source for this? I'd love to read it.
>>
>
> A little googling:
>
> from here:
> http://www.health.state.mn.us/injury/midas/ub92/
>
> selecting:
> State of Minnesota
> Traumatic Brain Injury
>
> mechanisms:
> Fall
> Motorvehicle vs pedestrian
> Motorvehicle vs cyclist
> pedal cyclist - other
> pedestrian - other
>
> You get the following results:
>
> Fall - 6278
> Motorvehicle vs pedestrian - 117
> Motorvehicle vs cyclist - 78
> pedal cyclist - other - 446
> pedestrian - other - 19
>
> Total Traumatic Brain Injuries for the 2011 year above is 13702
>
> so falls make up the lion's share.
>
> I also pulled all the Motorvehicle ones
>
> and I see
> Motorvehicle occupant: 1354
>
> -sv
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