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Titre :	Changes in Motorcycle-Related Head Injury Deaths, Hospitalizations, and Hospital Charges Following Repeal of Pennsylvania's Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Law. (2008)
Auteurs :	MERTZ (Kristen-J) : USA. Department of Epidemiology. Graduate School of Public Health. University of Pittsburgh. PA. ; Harold-B Weiss
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 98, n° 8, 2008)
Pagination :	1464-1467
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Changement ; Accident circulation ; Mort ; Mortalité ; Hospitalisation ; Coût hospitalisation ; Coût ; Economie santé ; Sécurité ; Protection individuelle ; Projet loi ; Homme ; Amérique ; Casque ; Amérique du Nord
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS rR0xCDE8. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. To evaluate the 2003 repeal of Pennsylvania's motorcycle helmet law, we assessed changes in helmet use and compared motorcycle-related head injuries with nonhead injuries from 2001-2002 to 2004-2005. Helmet use among riders in crashes decreased from 82% to 58%. Head injury deaths increased 66% ; nonhead injury deaths increased 25%. Motorcycle-related head injury hospitalizations increased 78% compared with 28% for nonhead injury hospitalizations. Helmet law repeals jeopardize motorcycle riders. Until repeals are reversed, states need voluntary strategies to increase helmet use.

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