Lethal accidents - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Face

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,581
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other body parts.

Lethal Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	135
Year 1998:	143
Year 2000:	67
Year 2001:	164
Year 2003:	152
Year 2004:	367
Year 2005:	288
Year 2006:	15
Year 2008:	173
Year 2010:	72

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

Lethal Accidents - Related Products:

Floors or flooring materials:	687
Tables:	153
Beds:	151
Doors:	88
Bathtubs or showers:	86
Stairs or steps:	84
Benches:	76
Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings:	69
Beds or bedframes:	68
Drinking glasses:	67
Chair, recliner:	16
General home or room involvement in fires:	15
Medical equipment, general:	14
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/2010	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
83 Y MALE FELL FROM STAIRS SUBSTAINED FOREHEAD CONTUSIONS PT DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/24/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Chair, recliner
54 YOM SITTING IN RECLINER SMOKING CIGARETTE W/O2 ON, CAUGHT ON FIRE DX: 85% BSA 3RD DEGREE BURNS, FACE, CHEST, ABD, EXTREMETIES
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/21/2010	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials
83YOWF PT FELL AT HOME INJURYING L HIP, FACE, FOUND ON FLOOR AT 9:36. DX. CONT FACE, EPIDURAL HEMATOMA, PT. EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT ON CO AT HOME LIGHT A CIGARETT CAUSING EXPLOSION PT HAS MULTIPLE B URNS TO FACE & HEAD PT WAS DOA FIRE DEPT WAS PRESENT
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
BECAME SHORT OF BREATH, COLLAPSED; FELL TO FLOOR; LARGE LACERATION, RIG HT FOREHEAD. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/24/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON FLOOR STRIKING FACE AT HOSPITAL WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST/ DX: NASAL FRACTURE/ CARDIAC ARREST/ PASSED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/06/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tables
90 YO MALE SLUMPED OVER TABLE AT HOME CONTUSION FACE - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/22/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
FOREHEAD LACERATION-FOUND ON BATHROOM FLOOR BY DAUGHTER. HAS A 5CM LACE RATION. ARRIVED IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/21/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials
56 YO FEMALE FELL FACE DOWN TO FLOOR IN BATHROOM AT HOME CONTUSION FACE - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/11/2005	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
78 YO MALE FELL FACE DOWN TO FLOOR IN BATHROOM AT CASINO AND HIT HEAD LACERATION FACE - CEASE TO BREATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/14/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
PT DX BURN TO FACE/UPPER BACK/LT FOREARM - DUE TO FLAME AND SMOKE INHALTION FROM KITCHEN - DIED DUE TO THERMAL AIRWAY INJURY.FIRE DEPT NS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/20/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Benches
LACERATION RT EYELID-BROUGHT IN BY EMS AFTER FINDING PT IN CARDIAC ARRE ST IN PARK. STRUCK FACE ON BENCH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/04/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tables, Floors or flooring materials
PT. WAS SITTING AT THE TABLE, SUDDENLY SLUMPED OVER AND HEAD ON TABLE A ND THEN HE FELL TO THE FLOOR. CONTUSION OF FOREHEAD; ACUTE M. I.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/20/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials
71 YO FEMALE PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME THORACIC ANEURYSM - CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials, Toilets
PASSED OUT ON BATHROOM FLOOR, WHILE HAVING BM ON TOILET DX: CONTUSION FOREHEAD, ACUTE MI TO CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/16/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
COLLAPSED ON FLOOR AT CITY HALL DX: CP ARREST, LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/29/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Tables, Floors or flooring materials
76 Y/O M UNRESPONSIVE WHEN FELL AT KITCHEN TABLE TO FLOOR HITTING FACE AT HOME. DX; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/01/2004	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
MULTIPLE FACIAL ABRASIONS-FELL IN BATHROOM & STRUCK FACE ON BATHTUB. HA S ABRASIONS TO FH, NOSE & CHIN. PT SUFFERED A CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/02/2004	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
71 YOM FELL ON FRONT PORCH AT HOME; STRUCK FOREHEAD. ABRASIONS TO RT. F OREHEAD. WAS DOA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/10/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Beds or bedframes, Crutches, canes or walkers
GOT OUT OF BED, USING WWALKER, FELL FACE DOWN ON FLOOR DX: FULL ARREST, FACIAL CONTUSIONS/ ABRASIONS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials
CONTUSION FOREHEAD, CARDIAC ARREST - 57 YOM COLLAPSED AT HOME TO THE FL OOR, CONTUSION NOTED TO HEAD, APPARENT CARDIAC ARREST, DIED AT HOSPITAL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
COLLAPSED ON FLOOR DX: TRAUMA TO HEAD, LACERATION FOREHEAD,NASAL TRAUMA W/ LAC.FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/21/2001	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/04/2001	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Doors
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/21/2000	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/04/1998	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Beds, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/31/1998	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/08/1997	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking glasses, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/21/1997	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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