DANGERS BENEATH THE SURFACE (24 OF 34)

Dangers beneath the Surface (24 of 34)
Series: Acts
Robert Dawson
Acts 15

 
Just when you thought it was safe to get out of bed and live life you run into statistics like these from the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission:

• Over 240,000 people were treated in the Hospital ER last year for injuries related to toys.  Almost 37.000 were over the age of 25 and under the age of 64.  142,000 of the total number injured and treated across all age groups were boys and men. (Not a pretty picture and a pattern that holds for most of the injuries!)


• There were over 3,235,490 sports and recreational equipment related injuries treated at hospitals last year.  Of that number 2,238,331 were men/male.


• There were 466,000 injured on exercise equipment last year.  I told you heath crazed people it was dangerous and yes, 255,000 of those were men.

 
With all those injuries you are not even sure you want to get dressed in the morning and truth be told, you might be safer if you didn’t get dressed.

• There were over 43,000 injured by grooming devices last year.  26,000 of them were women.


• 446,479 people were injured by bathroom structures and fixtures.  272,000 were women.


• There was an unbelievable 341,824 people who went to the ER for clothing related injuries.  207,000 treated were women.


• There were 575,000 treated for injuries inflicted by chairs, sofas and sofa-beds.  329,000 were women.

 
All of this may create a strong desire just to stay in bed snuggled down in your mattress and up against your pillow but even that may not be a good idea as 745,000 people were injured last year by beds, mattresses and pillows.  429,000 were women. 
 
I could do so much damage to myself with these numbers and statistics by drawing conclusions about men and women but I choose to be safe today – maybe another day. I do want us to s ...

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