23.5 million children ride a school bus to school each morning. Approximately 17,000 end up in a hospital emergency room each year from getting on, getting off or riding on a bus. A recent study by the Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice with the Columbus Children's Research Institute at Columbus Children's Hospital in Ohio is calling attention to this health risk. Lead author of the study, Jennifer McGeehan, is concerned about the underreporting. Alan Mozes of the HealthDay Reporter investigates the study.
Demographpics
School bus injuries seem to be split evenly between boys and girls. 46% were white and 24% were black. 42% of injuries involved a car accident. 24% occured as students were boarding the school bus or getting off.
Most Susceptible Age Group
43% of all injuries, the highest rate, is 11-to-14-year-olds. The most common injuries were lower-extremity and not head injuries. The next largest injury rate was for 5-to-9-year-olds. In this age group, head injuries accounted for the most common injury.
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