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.
Most of you probably have probably heard the statistic that being uninsured kills 18,000 people a year. Study: Giving People Government Health Insurance May Not Make them Any Healthier Megan McArdle April 30, 2013. But the statistic cannot overpower the emotional response to flying. No, Noah Gallagher Shannon, Your Plane Was Not Going to Crash Clive Irving May 31, 2013. You cannot kneecap a statistic, though you can sometimes make it limp.