A Nation of Klutzes

[Tom Flapwell]

Americans are getting clumsier -- maybe. A 38 percent increase in serious head injuries from 2001 to 2004 has statisticians puzzled. In 2004, more than 200,000 people were treated for traumatic brain injuries; 40 percent of these were caused by falls. And nobody knows why. So, maybe think twice before climbing that ladder -- statisticians are coming to get you.

[Luke B.]

Something to do with the aging population, maybe?

[jent]

Something to do with the aging population, maybe?

I think you got it....as the babby boomers start getting old and strat falling and breaking hips. Just for fun here are a bunch of population pyramids:

US
http://bbd-forum.bigbudden.com/gallery_ ... 435#pictop

Chad (africa)
http://bbd-forum.bigbudden.com/gallery_ ... 432#pictop

Japan
http://bbd-forum.bigbudden.com/gallery_ ... 431#pictop

India
http://bbd-forum.bigbudden.com/gallery_ ... 430#pictop

As you can see in the US pyramid the babby boomer bump is just getting into that old timer area

[Miles E Traysandor]

Americans are getting clumsier -- maybe. A 38 percent increase in serious head injuries from 2001 to 2004 has statisticians puzzled. In 2004, more than 200,000 people were treated for traumatic brain injuries; 40 percent of these were caused by falls. And nobody knows why. So, maybe think twice before climbing that ladder -- statisticians are coming to get you.

http://darwinawards.com -- Rewarding those people who improve the gene pool by removing themselves from it.

[Muninn]

Well, once you're old you're not really an active participant of the gene pool anyway.

I bet better statistics of these kind are kept in America. Maybe other nations are just as accident prone.