Local Bicycle Injury Facts
Bicycle Injuries Treated at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati in 2002
Injuries received while riding a bicycle resulted in 828 visits to the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Emergency Department during 2002.
There were 728 children treated and released from the Cincinnati Children's Emergency Department for bike-related injuries.
Twelve percent of these Emergency Department patients were reported to be wearing helmets. (That does NOT mean that 92% were not wearing helmets. The breakdown is 12% said they were, 21% said they were not, and it is unknown - not asked, for the other 67%.)
An additional 80 children were injured severely enough to require admission. Eight of them (10%) reported that they were wearing a helmet. Fifty-three (66%) reportedly were not wearing a helmet, and helmet status is unknown for 24%.
85% of the head injuries were not wearing a helmet at the time of their bike accident.
Only 12 percent of the children reported wearing a bicycle helmet at the time of the injury.
