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Hmm some interesting, misleading and outdated statistics there. Haven't looked at all the data but I know the Australian stuff is now out of date and there has been large jumps in cycle usage over the last few years. In the Australia cycle helmet laws have been enforced since 1991 so the new generation of people cycling to work have had to ride with helmets there entire lives so have considerably differnet views to previous generations who had grown up not wearing helmets and gave up cycling when helmet laws were introduced.
I have always worn a helmet while cycling and think nothing of it. I don't think its going to save my life if I hit a car at 60mph but I have smashed a few and in those cases they have probably at least saved me from some nasty scalp scars.