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In article <glock1-9EB24B.08592210082002@news.west.cox.net>, glock1
@cox.net says...

> According to the Centers  for Disease Control at
> 
> http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/releases/01news/sports.htm
> 
> there are 2.6 million emergency room cases per year at a cost of $500 
> million from sports related injuries. 900,000 of these cases are cycling 
> and basketball injuries.  According to the CDC: 

This is a horribly written article.  It lumps basketball and cycling 
together, then proceeds to itemize other categories.  There are no 
inaccuracies, but it's a classic example of how one can lie with 
statistics (such as classifying murder victims aged 18-19 as a "child").  

This time, the agenda appears to be to plant the idea that cycling is 
dangerous and bicycle helmets for children -- read the third paragraph.  
It's yet another example of your tax dollars paying for propaganda.

The complete table is at:

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/ahcd/injurytable.htm

It is separated into "group sports" and "individual sports".  Basketball 
and "pedal cycling" head the two lists at 447K and 421K ER visits per 
year, respectively.  Why didn't they just say that, instead of lumping 
them together into an erroneous sum?  (900K != 868K)