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CDC Lassoes Rodeo Injury Stats

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 7th, 1996

The rodeo bullrider's bravado sometimes ends in coma or paralysis, and health officials said safety must become a participant at the nations' rodeos.

"Severe bull riding-associated brain and spinal cord injuries and permanent disability among young males" were revealed in a report released on rodeo safety from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (1996;45(37):796-98). "The number of such injuries may increase directly with the popularity of rodeo sports - from July 1992 to July 1995, membership in the Louisiana division of the National High School Rodeo Association (NHSRA) increased 47 percent", according to the...

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