TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Alcohol use and horseback-riding-associated fatalities--North Carolina, 1979-1989
JO  - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
SP  - 335, 341
EP  - 2
VL  - 41
IS  - 19
N2  - In the United States, an estimated 30 million persons ride horses each year. Total injury-related morbidity and mortality associated with horseback riding in the United States is unknown; however, during 1976-1987, 205 such fatalities occurred in 27 states. Even though alcohol use is a risk behavior for many types of injury, its role in horseback-riding-associated deaths has not yet been established. This report summarizes a study by the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) to characterize all horseback-riding-associated deaths during 1979-1989 and to determine what proportion of riders had used alcohol before death.
LA  - en
SN  - 0149-2195
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -