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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 53
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Years:
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PATIENT FELL OFF A BALCONY, WAS FOUND WITH SKULL FRACTURE WITH BRAIN PROTRUDING THROUGH ONE OF THE FRACTURES. DX-DEATH 2ND-SIGNIF HD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/16/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL OFF A SECOND STORY BALCONY SUSTAINED INTERNAL ORGAN INJURIES TO HEAD AN CHEST DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/01/1997 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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