A descriptive analysis of children's playground injuries in the United States 1990-4

Data for a 5-year period, 1990-1994, show that each year approximately 211,000 preschool and elementary school children in the United States receive emergency department care for playground injuries. On average 17% of these injuries result in death. 70% occur in public playgrounds, with nearly one third calssified as severe. Swings, climbers and slides are the pieces of equipment involved in 88% of cases, and falls account for 70%.