The numbers of e-scooter and e-bike injuries have tripled in the US since 2019, fuelled by alcohol and substance use, finds a nationwide analysis of emergency department visits, published online in the journal Injury Prevention.
BMJ GroupDec 10 2024 The numbers of e-scooter and e-bike injuries have tripled in the US since 2019, fuelled by alcohol and substance use, finds a nationwide analysis of emergency department visits, published online in the journal Injury Prevention.
They mined emergency department data from 100 hospitals out of more than 5000 nationwide contributing to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System . The smaller wheel size of e-scooters might account for the difference in injury numbers because it contributes to a higher likelihood of losing balance and sustaining injuries, suggest the researchers.
Alcohol use was implicated in 327 of all the e-scooter and e-bike injuries; substance use was implicated in 116; and both alcohol and substance use were implicated in 39. But the over 40s had 35% lower odds of alcohol-related, and 40% lower odds of substance-related, emergency department visits than 18–39 year olds.
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