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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 135
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 05/18/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives |
| 4 YOM HURT WHEN 8 YR OLD RELATIVE AND HE WERE PLAYING WITH KNIFE.DX: 1 CM LACERATION ON CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2002 | Age: 0 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Knives |
| MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS TO CHEST WITH KNIFE BY HUSBAND. CPR, PNEUMOTHORAX , TO OR, DIED. DRUG AND ALCOHOL SCREEN NEG. NO AGE KNOWN OR BIRTHDATE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/06/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Knives, Beds |
| PATIENT FOUND IN BED WITH STEAK KNIFE STUCK IN UPPER BACK, UNKNOWN HOW PT. STABBED WITH KNIFE AT HOME; UPPER BACK LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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