5 Ways Gender Plays a Role in Injury
1. Women are more likely to be seriously injured in auto accidents. Female drivers wearing seatbelts were more likely to be injured than male drivers wearing seatbelts, and belted female drivers suffered more chest and spine injuries than belted male drivers in comparable crashes. Bose D, Segui-Gomez M, Crandall JR. Vulnerability of female drivers involved in motor vehicle crashes: an analysis of US population at risk. Am J Public Health. 2011;101(12):2368–2373. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300275
2. Women experience more frequent and greater pain than men after injury. Hoffmann, Diane E. and Tarzian, Anita J., The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias Against Women in the Treatment of Pain (2001). Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Vol. 29, pp. 13-27, 2001. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=383803 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.383803
3. Women are more likely to develop chronic pain syndrome after experiencing trauma. Hoffmann, Diane E. and Tarzian, Anita J., The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias Against Women in the Treatment of Pain (2001). Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Vol. 29, pp. 13-27, 2001. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=383803 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.383803
4. The risk of developing PTSD after an automobile collision was 4.39 times greater in women than in men. Ryb GE, Dischinger PC, Read KM, Kufera JA. PTSD after severe vehicular crashes. Ann Adv Automot Med. 2009;53:177–193.
5. Women experience traumatic brain injuries differently than men. Women tend to be more symptomatic with less impact. Multi-tasking abilities become harder. Women are at greater risk of death from traumatic brain injury. Munivenkatappa A, Agrawal A, Shukla DP, Kumaraswamy D, Devi BI. Traumatic brain injury: Does gender influence outcomes?. Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci. 2016;6(2):70–73. doi:10.4103/2229-5151.183024
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