Commotio cordis occurs mostly in boys and young men (average age 15), usually during sports, most frequently baseball, often despite a chest protector. It is usually caused by a projectile, but can also be caused by the blow of an elbow or other body part.
The number of uninsured Americans declined by 8.8 million in 2014, the first year the major insurance reforms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect, according to new federal survey of 98,000 adults released by the U.S. Census Bureau today.
The number of uninsured 19-34 year olds fell by 3.5 million in 2014. The new coverage options also benefited other groups at high risk of lacking health insurance: adults with low-and-moderate incomes, African Americans, and Latinos (Exhibit 3).sing data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) the Census reported that 10.4 percent of the U.S population, or 33 million people, were uninsured in 2014, down from 13.3 percent in 2013.