How often horse-related injuries happen:
•About 70,000 people go to the emergency room each साल for equestrian-related injuries. About 12,000 of those people have suffered head injuries.
•Among lifetime riders (people who ride 6 या और times a year), 13% have been hospitalized with a riding injury.
•Horseback riders have the same number of injury accidents per riding घंटा as motorcycle riders.
Who gets injured:
•All riding disciplines have a significant rate of head injuries.
•Unpredictable riding events — a horse spooking, bucking, या bolting — account for most head injuries, but...
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