Dangers of Water Yo-Yo's

Injury By State as of 12/13/07*

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***The States in red are the top 5 states for injuries.***
***The States in green have no injuries***

State
Around the Neck
Other Injury**
Total
     Alabama-AL   
2
0
2
Alaska-AK
0
0
0
Arizona-AZ
4
2
6
Arkansas-AR
1
1
2
California-CA
21
2
23
Colorado-CO
8
0
8

Connecticut-CT

5
0
5

Delaware-DE

3
2
5

Florida-FL

6
3
9

Georgia-GA

6
1
7

Hawaii-HI

1
0
1

Idaho-ID

1
0
1

Illinois-IL

27
5
32

Indiana-IN

4
4
8

Iowa-IA

2
0
2

Kansas-KS

4
1
5

Kentucky-KY

6
2
8

Louisiana-LA

2
1
3

Maine-ME

3
0
3

State

Around the Neck

Other Injury**

Total

Maryland-MD

7
3
10

Massachusetts-MA

8
6
14

Michigan-MI

7
0
7

Minnesota-MN

2
0
2

Mississippi-MS

1
0
1

Missouri-MO

6
5
11

Montana-MT

0
0
0

Nebraska-NE

1
0
1

Nevada-NV

3
1
4

New Hampshire-NH

4
2
6

New Jersey-NJ

28
4
32

New Mexico-NM

3
0
3

New York-NY

18
21
39

North Carolina-NC

4
3
7

North Dakota-ND

0
0
0

Ohio-OH

12
5
17

Oklahoma-OK

3
0
3

Oregon-OR

2
0
2

Pennsylvania-PA

34
7
41

Rhode Island-RI

1
2
3

State

Around the Neck

Other Injury**

Total

South Carolina-SC

1
1
2

South Dakota-SD

0
0
0

Tennessee-TN

0
1
1

Texas-TX

7
3
10

Utah-UT

4
1
5

Vermont-VT

0
0
0

Virginia-VA

11
0
11

Washington-WA

3
0
3

Washington D.C.

0
1
1

West Virginia-WV

3
1
4

Wisconsin-WI

7
0
7

Wyoming-WY

0
0
0

Puerto Rico-PR

3
0
3

Unknown-AA

1
3
4

Unknown-FN

1
1
2

* This list was made up from the List of Incident Reports that the Consumer Product Safety Commission has received as of 12/13/07. (margin of error +/- 25 injuries. The margin of error is due to inconsistencies in the CPSC's record tracking capabilities.)

** Other injuries include irritation from the liquid, yo-yo wrapping around fan, yo-yo immediately catching on fire if near a flame, children getting sick from liquid, chemical/gas odor from yo-yo, yo-yo snapping back and hitting child, & eye injuries, some of which are severe permanent injuries. Eye injuries are result of child being hit with the loop end of the yo-yo.

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January 3rd, 2008