Motorcycle-Related trauma and helmet usage in North Dakota

Heilman, Don R.; Weisbuch, Jonathan B.; Blair, Richard W.; Graf, Larry L.

doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(82)80258-8

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“…Simple measures can be taken to make travel safer on the roads, which include enforcement of safety measures like seat belt and helmets. Helmets are effective in preventing or reducing the severity of motorcycle-related injuries [4][5][6][7][8] and in a developing country like India, enforced mandatory motor cycle helmet laws are potentially one of the most cost effective interventions available.…”

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The Impact of Mandatory Helmet Law on the Outcome of Maxillo Facial Trauma: A Comparative Study in Kerala

Muniyappa

Ravindran

Soumithran

et al. 2013

J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.

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Road traffic injury control is a public health problem. Health and medical professionals have an ethical responsibility to educate and arrange for the safety of individuals. Helmets are effective in preventing or reducing the severity of motorcycle-related injuries and in a developing country like India, enforced mandatory motor cycle helmet law is potentially one of the most cost effective interventions available.

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The Impact of Mandatory Helmet Law on the Outcome of Maxillo Facial Trauma: A Comparative Study in Kerala

Muniyappa

Ravindran

Soumithran

et al. 2013

J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.

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“…In North Dakota (1977Dakota ( -1980, a "substantial decline" in helmet use by children younger than 18 years was noted after passage of a partial-age law. 10 In Texas (1991), only 29% of injured riders younger than 18 were found to be helmeted under their partial-age helmet law. 11 In Florida (2000), downgrading to an age-specific law was associated with a 26% decline in helmet usage among young riders killed and a twofold increase in youngrider fatalities.…”

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Youth Motorcycle-Related Brain Injury by State Helmet Law Type: United States, 2005–2007

Weiss¹,

Agimi

Steiner

2010

Pediatrics

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Twenty-seven states have youth-specific helmet laws even though such laws have been shown to decrease helmet use and increase youth mortality compared with all-age (universal) laws. Our goal was to quantify the impact of age-specific helmet laws on youth under age 20 hospitalized with traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS: Our cross-sectional ecological group analysis compared TBI proportions among US states with different helmet laws. We examined the following null hypothesis: If age-specific helmet laws are as effective as universal laws, there will be no difference in the proportion of hospitalized young motorcycle riders with TBI in the respective states. The data are derived from the 2005 to 2007 State Inpatient Databases of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. We examined data for 17 states with universal laws, 6 states with laws for ages <21, and 12 states with laws for children younger than 18 (9287 motorcycle injury discharges). RESULTS: In states with a <21 law, serious TBI among youth was 38% higher than in universal-law states. Motorcycle riders aged 12 to 17 in 18 helmet-law states had a higher proportion of serious/severe TBI and higher average Abbreviated Injury Scores for head-region injuries than riders from universal-law states. CONCLUSIONS: States with youth-specific laws had an increased risk of TBI that required hospitalization, serious and severe TBI, TBI-related disability, and in-hospital death among the youth they are supposed to protect. The only method known to keep motorcycle-helmet use high among youth is to adopt or maintain universal helmet laws.

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“…Many studies [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] have been done comparing patterns of injuries between helmeted and non-helmeted motorcyclists. These studies concluded that helmets protected the motorcyclists by reducing the frequency and severity of head injuries.…”

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