Lethal accidents - Swimming - Year 2008 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 87
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Lethal Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	71
50+ years old:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming
51 YO MALE WENT UNDER WHILE SWIMMING IN OCEAN DROWNING - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 16 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: Submersion
Product: Swimming
SUBMERSION DROWING - 16 YO MALE WAS CAUGHT IN CURRENT WHEN SWIMMING AT LOCAL RIVER - WENT UNDERWATER AND WAS UNABLE TO BE PULLED OUT - DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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