Senior Citizens Lead Nation in Growing Lawn Mowing Injuries
Injuries from lawn mowing increase nationwide
and by age
SeniorJournal.com, April 20th, 2006
How often have we read that the risk of some dreaded problem,
like heart disease or cancer, "increases with age?" Well, now you can
add lawnmower injuries. The author of a new study says, "Lawnmower
injuries increase with age, with peaks in persons older than 59 years."
The study of such accidents in 2004, found senior citizens 60 to 69 had
the most push mover injuries and those 70 and older had the most riding
mower injuries. The author does, however, have some ideas on how to
better your odds.
The 60- to 69-year age group also had the second
highest hospitalization rate due to lawnmower injuries between 1996 and
2003. Only one study published in the last 15 years noted the high
incidence of lawnmower injuries among seniors.
Children younger than 15 also had a substantial
number of injuries. Individuals in the 15- to 19-year age group had the
highest rate of hospitalizations caused by lawnmower injuries from 1996
through 2003
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