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236%

GROWTH IN

HELMET USAGE

2002–18

of all US skiers/snowboarders wore 84% of all US skiers/boarders wear
25% helmets in 2002 (the first year of helmets today
NSAA’s National Demographic Study)

89% 90%

of skiers/snowboarders wear helmets in the
Northeast Region, the highest of any region in of Canadian
the country (only 83% of people in these skiers/boarders
regions wear seat belts, per federal data) wear helmets

vs

76% 95% 100%

of 18 to 24 year olds of all minors aged 17 & under of kids aged 9 & under
wear helmets wear helmets wear helmets

65% ???

There is no federal
or industry-wide
of motorcycle riders wear helmets (despite many helmet use data for
states having motorcycle helmet mandates) bicycle helmet use.

73,000 skiers/boarders were surveyed about helmet use as
part of the 2018 NSAA National Demographic Study

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