Sentences with phrase «percent of head injuries»

According to the CDC, falls account for about 35.2 percent of head injuries, motor vehicle accidents for 17.3 percent, struck by / against events for 16.5 percent and assaults for 10 percent.»

48 percent of head injuries happen in cars, but cyclists are the ones that should be wearing helmets.

Not exact matches

The study comes shortly after the NFL released its official 2015 injury report, which shows that instances of head trauma rose by 32 percent from 2014 to 2015.

Despite recent media attention on concussions and other brain trauma, the majority of football injuries occur in the lower extremities, with injuries to the knees reported to be as high as 36.5 percent, followed by up to 18.8 percent for ankle injuries, up to 13.3 percent for shoulder injuries, 11.8 percent for head injuries and 7.2 percent for neck injuries.

«For example, many people believe that a head injury is only a concussion if there is a loss of consciousness, but 90 percent of concussions do not present with that symptom at all.

A properly fitted bike helmet can reduce your risk of a head injury by as much as 85 percent.

In bike accidents, head injury is the leading cause of death — experts estimate 75 percent of these deaths could be prevented with a helmet.

Properly fitted helmets can reduce the risk of head injuries by at least 45 percent — yet less than half of children ages 14 and under usually wear a bike helmet.

That's why we have done things like reduce contact to twenty - five percent of practice time, eliminate kickoffs for our youngest divisions and require that any player who suffers a suspected head injury receive medical clearance from a concussion specialist before returning to play.

Head injuries are the leading cause of death and permanent disability in bicycle crashes, accounting for more than 60 percent of bike - related deaths.

The National Ski Areas Association recommends kids wear helmets while skiiing or snowboarding, saying helmets can reduce the risk of head injuries by 30 to 50 percent.

In contrast to the brain injury groups, 59 percent of the blast - without - head - injury group experienced moderate to severe disability as did 41 percent of the group that had experienced no blasts and no head injuries.

The percentage of injured cyclists with head injuries increased from 10 percent to 16 percent.

Researchers surveyed 66 head soccer and basketball coaches from 15 Oregon high schools and found that only 21 percent of the coaches were using an injury prevention program, and less than 10 percent were using the program exactly as designed, said the study's lead author, Marc Norcross, an assistant professor of exercise and sport science in OSU's College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

About 20 percent of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are estimated to have experienced a head injury during deployment.

High - speed motor vehicle accidents cause 80 percent of these injuries, Askin says, often when the child's body is securely strapped into their car seat and their head is flung forward.

Also prevalent are head and eye injuries, which account for 19 and 18 percent of total reported injuries respectively.

Patients who sustain severe head injuries tend to have better outcomes if they are taken to a designated trauma center, but 44 percent of them are first taken to hospitals without these specialized care capabilities, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

They identified 62,198 patients with severe, isolated head injuries who had been taken either to a trauma center (56 percent) or to a non-trauma center capable of performing neurosurgery (44 percent).

Astonishingly, 39 percent of respondents sustained more than five head injuries and 77 percent had more than three head impacts during their time in theater.

Three months after the injury, 21.2 percent of head - injured and 16.3 percent of nonhead - injured patients met the diagnosis of PCS; 8.8 percent of head - injured patients met the criteria for PTSD compared with 2.2 percent of control patients.

Approximately 20 percent of deployed service members in Iraq and Afghanistan experienced head injury.

«Properly fitted bicycle helmets are the single most important safety device for cyclists of all ages and are estimated to reduce head injury risk by as much as 85 percent,» says John Dunn, MD, a Kaiser Permanente Washington pediatrician.

The study by IIHS» VP of research, Jessica Cicchino, shows that ``... lane departure warning lowers rates of single - vehicle, sideswipe and head - on crashes of all severities by 11 percent and lowers the rates of injury crashes of the same types by 21 percent.»

A 2008 Institute analysis of insurance claims found that, all other factors being the same, drivers of vehicles with seat / head restraint combinations rated good in Institute evaluations were 15 percent less likely to sustain neck injuries in rear - end crashes than drivers of vehicles with poor head restraints (see «Neck injury risk is lower if seats and head restraints are rated good,» March 15, 2008).

Police crash data from 25 states between 2009 and 2015 for vehicle models where the systems were sold as optional reduced rates of single - vehicle, sideswipe and head - on crashes by 11 percent, and injuries in such crashes by 21 percent.

A 2008 Institute analysis of insurance claims found that, all other factors being the same, drivers of vehicles with seat / head restraint combinations rated good in Institute evaluations were 15 percent less likely to sustain neck injuries in rear - end crashes than drivers of vehicles with poor head restraints.

New generation of seat / head restraint designs: Percent change in neck injury claim rates for new designs compared with old designs

Looking at crashes involving claims of $ 2,000 or more, analysts found 16 percent fewer insurance claims were filed for neck injuries among females in vehicles with good - rated seats / head restraints compared with people in vehicles with poor seats / head restraints.

In 1995 the Institute began to rate head restraint geometry, finding only 3 percent of vehicles had good head restraints while those in 82 percent of new passenger vehicles were poor (see Status Report special issue: whiplash injuries, Sept. 16, 1995).

The chances of experiencing a head injury during a motorcycle accident decrease over 68 percent when a helmet is worn.

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Over 10 percent of all of severe head injuries will involve a fracture that displaced the skull inward, placing increased pressure on the brain.

Even if the head restraint is adjusted properly, it can only reduce the risk of neck injury by 20 percent or less.

According to the CDC, the largest percentage (30 percent) of motorcycle injuries occur to the leg and foot area, while 22 percent of motorcycle injuries occur in the head and neck area.

Nearly 70 percent of these fatalities were the result of injuries to the head.

Injuries in head - on collisions are often serious and cause 10 percent of all car accident fatalities.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 80 percent of all car accident injuries affect either the chest or head.

In fact, a 2008 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) study reported that head injuries accounted for 70 percent of bicycle fatalities.