Lethal accidents - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,255
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other body parts.

Lethal Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	122
Year 1999:	173
Year 2000:	212
Year 2001:	128
Year 2002:	107
Year 2004:	16
Year 2005:	46
Year 2006:	121
Year 2007:	130
Year 2008:	14
Year 2009:	77
Year 2010:	104

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

Lethal Accidents - Related Products:

All-terrain vehicles:	210
Bicycles or accessories:	140
Floors or flooring materials:	115
Poles:	77
Snow skiing:	71
Sleds:	70
Hoists, lifts, jacks or jack stands:	67
Fences or fence posts:	67
Snow boarding:	66
Pressurized containers:	62
Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches:	60
Motor vehicles or parts:	30
House repair or construction materials:	30
Soccer:	19
Water skiing:	18
Saws:	17
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/12/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Snow skiing
19YOM WHILE SKIING LOST CONTROL HIT A WOODEN POST - NO HELMET - MASSIVE HEAD INJURY CAUSING DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/19/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
20YOM FELL TO THE FLOOR FOUND IN A MASSIVE POOL OF BLOOD LACERATION SCA LP DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/13/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Runners, throw rugs or doormats, Ceilings and walls
CARDIAC ARREST-17YOM-CHI-TRIPPED ON A RUG-FELL-HEAD HIT A BRICK WALL-@ CIVIC CENTER-PT UNRESPONSIVE-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/03/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
PT ON ATV WAS HIT BY ONCOMING TRAIN AT COUNTRY ROAD CROSSING PT HAS S KULL FX OPEN FX OF R FEMUR AND L HUMERUS WITH MASSIVE BLEED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/08/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pressurized containers
PT SUSTAINED PENETRATING WOUND TO HEAD WHEN COMPRESSED GAS CONTAINER WA S SHOT OR EXPLODED. NO OTHER DETAILS. D:PENETRATING WOUND, HEAD. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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: 09/05/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
25 YO MALE JUMPED OVER RAILING AND FELL OPEN FRACTURE SKULL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/01/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Bicycles or accessories
PT WAS HIT BY REAR AXEL OF TANDEM SEMI AS PT CROSSED HIGHWAY ON BICYCLE OBVIOUS LEG FRACTURES AND SCULL FX PT WAS DEAD AT SCENE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/30/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories, Motor vehicles or parts
HEAD INJURY-RIDING IN BIKE RACE-WEARING HELMET-COLLISION W/ ANOTHER BI KE-THROWN INTO PATH OF P/U TRK W/ TRAILER-RESP ARREST @ SCENE-EXP IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Exercise
PT WITH SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, STATED SHE WAS GOING TO GO DOWNSTAIRS TO EXERCISE, WAS SEEN AGAIN UNRESPONSIVE, DIED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/14/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sleds, Swings or swing sets
SLEDDING ACCIDENT AND HIT PLAY GROUND EQUIPMENT. DX FATAL BLUNT HEAD/AB DOMINAL TRAUMA#
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/22/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
UNHELMETED PT TRYING TO JUMP ATV OVER DITCH WHEN CRASHED & LANDED ON LA RGE BOULDERS. OBVIOUS HEAD INJURY. D:TRAUMATIC CODE ARREST. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/04/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials, Alcohol
PATIENT WAS WORKING ON A ROOF AND FELL OFF APPROX.15 FT HITTING HIS HEAD, ETOH USAGE. DX-MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: All-terrain vehicles, Plants, trees and shrubs
UNHELMETED DRIVER OF ATV INVOLVED IN COLLISION WITH TREE DX: DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/16/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL FROM 2ND STORY HOUSE ONTO DIRT SURFACE SAH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/06/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, All-terrain vehicles
UNHELMETED DRIVER OF ATV STRUCK BY CAR AT UNKN SPEED SUSTAINED MASSIVE HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/10/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
PATIENT WAS INVOLVED IN A 4 WHEELER ACCIDENT, FELL OFF BACKWARDS. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY, DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
PATIENT WAS INVOLVED IN A 4 WHEELER VS SUV ACCIDENT, PATIENT WAS ON 4 WHEELER WITHOUT HELMET. DX-OPEN SKULL FX, BLUNT TRAUMA, EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/12/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Horseback riding
FELL OFF HORSE AND WAS DRAGGED 40-50 YARDS, HEAD INJURY, CPR IN PROGRESS DX: BHT, UNSUCCESSFUL CPR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/18/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
MASSIVE HEAD INJURY.PT WAS RIDING BIKE ACROSS HIGHWAY AND STRUCK BY A VAN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/18/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
PT RIDING BIKE WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY A CAR CLOSED HEAD INJURY- DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/16/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS FOUND ON FLOOR IN APARTMENT W/GSW TO THE HEAD - EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/11/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
HIT BY TRUCK ON BIKE DX. HEAD TRAUMA-DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/02/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT SLEEPING ON COUCH WHEN SHOT IN BACK OF HEAD BY FRIEND PLAYING. THOUGHT .357 REVOLVER WASN'T LOADED. D: GUNSHOT WOUND, HEAD. DOA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/29/2001	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/23/2001	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: All-terrain vehicles
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/04/2001	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/10/2001	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Lacrosse
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/13/2000	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Poles
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/04/2000	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fences or fence posts
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/14/2000	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hoists, lifts, jacks or jack stands
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/21/1999	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Ladders
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/24/1999	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Saws
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/30/1999	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/10/1999	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Snow boarding
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/27/1998	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Soccer
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/27/1998	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Water skiing
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/30/1998	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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