Lethal accidents - Stairs or steps - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 30
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/13/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STEPS. DX; HEAD LAC
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
ICH. PT FEL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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