BE 1252 Chapter : CDC Playground Injuries
Document Summary
Each year in the united states, emergency departments treat more than 200,000 children ages 14 and younger for playground-related injuries (tinsworth 2001). About 45% of playground-related injuries are severe fractures, internal injuries, concussions, dislocations, and amputations (tinsworth 2001). About 75% of nonfatal injuries related to playground equipment occur on public playgrounds (tinsworth 2001). Most occur at schools and daycare centers (phelan. Between 1990 and 2000, 147 children ages 14 and younger died from playground-related injuries. Of them, 82 (56%) died from strangulation and 31 (20%) died from falls to the playground surface. Most of these deaths (70%) occurred on home playgrounds (tinsworth 2001). In 1995, playground-related injuries among children ages 14 and younger cost an estimated . 2 billion (office of technology assessment 1995). While all children who use playgrounds are at risk for injury, girls sustain injuries (55%) slightly more often than boys (45%) (tinsworth 2001).
