Lots of us...

There are tons of quads/paras out here due to spinal cord injuries...sad but true. 10,000 more per year.

I've been a quad for 30 yrs.

bulldawg :woohoo:

15 years and counting for me!

Best regards

Simon
Quadriplegic and Paraplegic Spinal Cord Injury Peer Support

i saw you posting on the forum today so i am just saying hi, to you .

xx suzan xx

Number of New Injuries per Year
32 injuries per million population or

7800 injuries in the US each year

Most researchers feel that these numbers represent significant under-reporting. Injuries not recorded include cases where the patient dies instantaneously or soon after the injury, cases with little or no remaining neurological deficit, and people who have neurologic problems secondary to trauma, but are not classified as SCI. Researchers estimate that an additional 20 cases per million (4860 per year) die before reaching the hospital.

Total number of people with Spinal Cord Injury
Current estimates are 250,000 - 400,000 individuals living with Spinal Cord Injury or Spinal Dysfunction.

82% male, 18% female
Highest per capita rate of injury occurs between ages 16-30
Average age at injury - 33.4
Median age at injury - 26
Mode (most frequent) age at injury 19

www.makoa.org/nscia/fact02.html

82% of men

So most women don't drive motorbikes? Or are women more careful?

oooooohhhh.......
when i was younger a few of my friends were killed whilst biking.
i much prefer being a passenger, but havent done so for years.
i used to really enjoy that adrenalin rush.

i used to use a smallbike to get me to work, wwork out of rural town. i used to have a lot of early morning starts, it was terrifying riding on ice in winter, and there were a lot of traffice lights at the bottom of sm.hills, somehow theey allways seemed to be on red for me !!! caareful doesnt describe it .... I was terrified!!...

xx suzan xx