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Helmet Safety Program: Bicycles
Data
Alaska Bicycle hospitalization 1997-2001
Alaska Trauma Registry: injuries leading to hospitalization,
emergency department death, or transferred out to another acute care
hospital.
Age 5-18, Pedestrian/Bicycle, 1997-2001
Injury Category |
Statewide |
Anchorage |
Bicycle |
266 |
100 |
Pedestrian |
101 |
38 |
Alaska Trauma Registry
Martha Moore
Alaska Department of Health & Social Services
Revised 6/15/05
From 2001-2004, in Anchorage, 71 injury hospitalizations were
recorded involving young people under age 18 due to a bicycle crash
injury. In about half of the cases (36) no helmet was worn. Of those 36,
16 (or 44%) sustained a traumatic brain injury. Eleven of the 71 were
wearing a helmet and only two of them sustained a head injury. These
statistics show that un-helmeted bicyclers were just over three and a
half times more likely to sustain a traumatic brain injury as helmeted
riders.
Out of a total 19 traumatic brain injuries for young people under
age 18 in Anchorage during the four-year period due to bicycle crash
injuries, three billed their hospital charges to Medicaid, or 19%.
Out of the total 36 un-helmeted bicycle crash patients under age 18
in Anchorage during the four years, 10 (28%) billed Medicaid for their
hospital charges.
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