Whiplash rates turning heads in BC
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British Columbia's claims rate for whiplash, about 900 per 100 000 population, is more than twice the rate for any other jurisdiction in the world, the *BC Medical Journal* reports. Dr. Murray Allen, a former associate professor of kinesiology at Simon Fraser University, says whiplash accounts for about 60% of all injuries reported following vehicle collisions in BC, compared with 35% worldwide (*BCMJ* 2002;44:241-2). He says part of the “high claims behaviour” may be explained by lawyers' earning potential from such cases. — *CMAJ*