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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 53
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/06/1997 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Matches |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/1997 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Matches, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/1997 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Matches |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/20/1997 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Matches, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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