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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 115
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/19/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| PT. POKED IN EYE WITH KITE. BLEEDING. DX.: CONJUNCTIVAL LACERATION / H EMORHAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| SWALLOWED STRING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| KLYING KITE AT GRANDFATHERS HOME WHEN STEPPED IN HOLE TWISTING L KNEE DX SPRAIN L KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2005 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| DX RIGHT ARM FRACTURE: TRYING TO RUN WITH KITE IN AIR WITH HELP FROM BROTHER, FELL ONTO ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| FELL TRYING TO GET A KITE UP DX. TONGUE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| MAKING CARDBOARD KITES IN PRESCHOOL, HIT IN EYE BY PAPER WING OF KITE; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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