Lethal accidents - Basketball - Year 2003 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 132
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Lethal Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	61
26-50 years old:	71

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 03/31/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Basketball
PLAYING BASKETBALL - FELL ON COURT CARDIAC ARREST -EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 35 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Basketball
PT WAS PLAYING BASKETBALL ON A COURT WHEN HE HAD A SEIZURE AND BECAME U NRESPONSIVE, PT DIED IN ER OF CARDIAC ARREST .
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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