On Nov 18, 10:12*am, Jay Beattie wrote:
On Nov 18, 9:11*am, Frank Krygowski wrote:





On Nov 18, 6:32*am, James wrote:

Dear Carl,

Why is it that we tend to focus on the death statistics and overlook
the serious injuries?

One reason is that data on deaths is much more robust than data on
serious injuries. *In fact, even the definition of "death" is much
more clear than the definition of "serious injuries."

Another reason is that counts of fatalities and counts of serious
injuries tend to move in parallel. *IOW, situations that cause lots of
fatalities also tend to cause lots of serious injuries. * Riding in
cars is an example.

Actually, a lot of things that used to be fatal are not -- like car
accidents and wars. *At the other end of the spectrum, see:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/i...cycling_in_por...

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting...hsu_bike_injur...

Bicycling has a 20% injury rate if you count scraped palms. -- Jay
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