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: Georgia Injury Lawyer BlogEscalator Injuries Increasing
A new study reports that from 1991 to 2005, nearly 40,000 people older than 65 were injured while riding escalators, an average of 2,660 a year. The report, published in the March issue of the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention, is based on an analysis of data collected by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The rate of injury more than doubled in that period ? to 11 per 100,000 population in 2005, the latest year for which figures are available, from 4.9 in 1991. There were no fatalities, but more than 2,500 people were hospitalized, mostly for broken bones.
The researchers could not explain why the rate is rising. but noted there are more active older adults.
Slips and falls caused 85 percent of the injuries, and the rate of injury for women was almost twice as high as for men. Women are more likely than men to injure themselves in a fall, whether on escalators or not, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Full post as published by Georgia Injury Lawyer Blog on April 14, 2008 (boomark / email).
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