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Going to need a source on that 8 million Americans per year going to the emergency room for a fall. That sounds absurdly high. The US population is only about 3
by darawk 9y ago
Going to need a source on that 8 million Americans per year going to the emergency room for a fall. That sounds absurdly high. The US population is only about 300 million. That means more ~2.5% of all people each year go to the emergency room because they fell down.
- jon_richards 9y agoI'm also guessing the vast majority of those falls are inside (probably inside the person's own home). There's a reason companies like lifealert exist.
- dexwiz 9y agoOver 10% of the US population is over 70. Falls are serious incidents for the elderly.
- dzhiurgis 9y agoWhats the median age in downtown San Francisco tho?
- almost_usual 9y agoIf you want to avoid strict regulations move to a red state and go cowboy on your scooter. San Francisco is a conservative place when it comes to the community.
- dzhiurgis 9y agoBay area have one of the healthiest people in the world. It’s an insult they can’t step over or move a 10 pound scooter.
- cujo 9y agohttps://nfsi.org/nfsi-research/quick-facts/ https://nfsi.org/nfsi-research/quick-facts/ - the 8 million # https://www.ncoa.org/news/resources-for-reporters/get-the-facts/falls-prevention-facts/ https://www.ncoa.org/news/resources-for-reporters/get-the-fa... - quotes almost 3 million older adults per year.
- mosdave 9y agoI'm guessing you don't know many people over the age of 65.