Skylar
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CDC Report Shows Bathroom Injuries Cause Thousands of Visits to ER
A new report from the CDC found that an estimated 234,000 people ages 15 and older were treated in American emergency departments for bathroom-related injuries-- an average of about 640 people per day. More than 80 percent of the injuries were caused by slips and falls.abcnews.go.com
Jenn Vozzo didn't expect to get rushed to the emergency room after a quick visit to the bathroom. Four years ago, Vozzo, then 24, hadn't been feeling well, so she went into the bathroom to splash water on her face. The next thing she knew, she was kneeling on the floor, her head gushing with blood all over the white tile.
Vozzo had fainted, slamming her head into the bathroom vanity on the way down.
She stood up, stared into the mirror and saw a five-inch gash at the top her head. One look at the injury and her family insisted that she go to the emergency room, where she received six staples on her forehead.
"Boy, did it hurt," said Vozzo, of Branford, Ct. "I…had to have a tetanus shot and was put on antibiotics for a week. Two weeks went by, and I had to go back to the hospital to have the staples removed. To this day, however, I have a visible scar about 2.5 inches long from my forehead back."
While the experience was scarring—literally—for Vozzo, a new report shows that bathroom injuries are not all that uncommon. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that approximately 234,000 people ages 15 and older were treated in an American emergency department for non-fatal bathroom-related injuries in 2008. That averages to about 640 people per day.
You're comparing apples to oranges. Tucker was citing deaths. You're citing non-fatal injuries.
Those, by definition, aren't the same thing.