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Current Statistics
- Average age of Choking Game
victims is 13 years old.
- 87% of fatalities are male.
- 90% of fatalities occurred while
an adult was home.
U.S. Victim Database
- Sortable to view all victims of a
particular state, age or gender.
Useful Choking Game Facts and Quotes
Available for Interview
Knowledgeable Persons
- Kate Leonardi
Founder / Director of The DB Foundation
PO BOX 351787, Palm Coast, FL 32135
Tel: (904) 315 - 2222 email
[email protected]
Dr. Thomas Andrew
Chief Medical Examiner
Office of State Chief Medical Examiner #218,
246 Pleasant St. , Concord, NH 03301
Tel: (603) 271-1235 Fax (603) 271-6308
Dr. Patricia Russell, Physician Liaison,
parent of victim Colin Russell.
Tacoma, WA See Profile
Dale & Michele Galloway, Outreach
Program Coordinators, parents of victim
Connor Galloway
Webster, NC
Tel:(828) 631-1315 Email:
[email protected]
Research Statistics
- CDC Choking Game MMWR released Feb 15,2008
- CDC officials urged parents to be aware the fad exists, and to watch for possible
warning signs like bloodshot eyes, marks on the neck, frequent and severe
headaches, disorientation after spending time alone, and ropes, scarves or belts
tied to bedroom furniture or doorknobs or found knotted on the floor. The authors
acknowledged that 82 is probably an undercount.
- Reports 11% of youth played the choking game, increasing to 14% of females and
19% of those over 17 years of age.
- A study taken in Canada and Texas Middle/High schools reports: 45% knew
somebody who played it, and 6.6% had tried it, 93.9% of those with someone else.
Forty percent of children perceived no risk.
"It's likely that there are about 100 U.S. choking game deaths each year,"
Dr. Tom Andrew, New Hampshire's chief medical examiner, who has been studying the
phenomenon for several years." FOXNEWS Feb 15,2008
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