Originally Posted by
wphamilton
Those stats are available.
Brain Injury Statistics - Brain and Spinal for example
Among children ages 0 to 14 yearsDeaths: 26,085
Hospitalizations: 37,000
Emergency Department visits: 435,000
(it's a random result, there are more detailed studies available)
I think Joe is pretty much right, falls are the leading cause of TBI as I recall. I'm not going to hunt up links and argue about them but there should be enough of them to find a few that are satisfactory to you.
My question concerned not just falls but falls on 'hard relatively flat surfaces.' I've followed this thread for years and don't recall ever seeing any stat that offered that detail. If the vast majority of these falls are occurring on stairs, for example, there isn't much relevance to cycling.
Further, those basic stats from the CDC appear to lump 'suspected' TBI (i.e. an ED visit that didn't require any hospitalization) in with actual TBI. I haven't sat down and run all the numbers but when you look at what causes death by TBI, it isn't falls for most age groups. Which is why I suspect that simple falls aren't the issue those basic stats make them appear to be (disregarding the 65+ age group which has many other factors at play).