Helmet legislation and admissions to hospital for cycling related head injuries in Canadian provinces and territories: interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between helmet legislation and admissions to hospital for cycling related head injuries among young people and adults in Canada.

Design

Interrupted time series analysis using data from the National Trauma Registry Minimum Data Set.

Setting

Canadian provinces and territories; between 1994 and 2003, six of 10 provinces implemented helmet legislation.

Participants

All admissions (n=66,716) to acute care hospitals in Canada owing to cycling related injury between 1994 and 2008.

Main outcome measure

Rate of admissions to hospital for cycling related head injuries before and after the implementation of provincial helmet legislation.

Results

Between 1994 and 2008, 66,716 hospital admissions were for cycling relate

SUBMITTER: Dennis J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3654159 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature