| |
Total
|
Playground related extremity fracture
|
Other (non-extremity fracture) playground injuries
|
|---|
|
n
|
%
|
95% CI
|
n
|
%
|
Rate per 100,000 (95% CI)
|
n
|
%
|
Rate per 100,000 (95% CI)
|
|---|
|
Total
|
214,788
|
100.0
| |
72,889
|
100.0
|
119.2 (95.7–142.8)
|
141,899
|
100.0
|
232.1 (188.7–275.5)
|
|---|
|
Age, y
|
|
0–4 years
|
60,053
|
28.0
|
59,282.0–60,824.0
|
14,979
|
20.6
|
74.1 (56.3–91.9)
|
45,074
|
31.8
|
222.9 (173.1–272.6)
|
|
5–9 years
|
120,904
|
56.3
|
120,303.4–121,504.6
|
48,728
|
66.9
|
240.7 (194.7–286.7)
|
72,176
|
50.9
|
356.6 (292.2–420.9)
|
|
10–14 years
|
33,831
|
15.8
|
32,997.2–33,831.0
|
9182
|
12.6
|
44.4 (36.3–52.6)
|
24,649
|
17.4
|
119.3 (100.2–138.4)
|
|
Gender
|
|
Male
|
114,661
|
53.4
|
114,040.8–115,281.2
|
39,575
|
54.3
|
150.1 (120.2–179.9)
|
75,086
|
52.9
|
284.7 (230.5–338.9)
|
|
Equipment Type
|
|
Monkey bars or climbing gyms
|
79,157
|
36.9
|
78,435.2–79,878.8
|
36,296
|
49.8
|
59.4 (46.7–72.1)
|
42,861
|
30.2
|
70.1 (55.8–84.5)
|
|
Swings
|
48,655
|
22.7
|
47,856.1–49,453.9
|
12,960
|
17.8
|
21.2 (17.5–24.9)
|
35,695
|
25.2
|
58.4 (49.1–67.7)
|
|
Slides
|
45,827
|
21.3
|
45,021.3–46,632.7
|
13,904
|
19.1
|
22.7 (18.6–26.9)
|
31,923
|
22.5
|
52.2 (42.4–62.1)
|
|
Seesaws
|
3813
|
1.8
|
2912.7–4713.3
|
b677
|
0.9
|
1.1 (0.9–1.4)
|
3136
|
2.2
|
5.1 (4.1–6.1)
|
|
Other playground equipment
|
16,918
|
7.9
|
16,046.1–17,789.9
|
3884
|
5.3
|
6.4 (4.2–8.5)
|
13,034
|
9.2
|
21.3 (14.8–27.9)
|
|
Playground equipment not specified
|
20,418
|
9.5
|
19,553.9–21,282.1
|
5168
|
7.1
|
8.5 (5.3–11.6)
|
15,250
|
10.7
|
24.9 (16.5–33.4)
|
|
Setting of injury
|
|
Place of recreation
|
73,048
|
34.0
|
72,310.1–73,785.9
|
25,565
|
35.1
|
41.8 (32.5–51.1)
|
47,483
|
33.5
|
77.7 (62.2–93.1)
|
|
School or daycare
|
61,048
|
28.4
|
60,279.5–61,816.5
|
21,154
|
29.0
|
34.6 (25.2–44.0)
|
39,894
|
28.1
|
65.3 (49.5–81.1)
|
|
Home
|
29,118
|
13.6
|
28,273.4–29,962.6
|
8725
|
12.0
|
14.3 (10.8–17.7)
|
20,393
|
14.4
|
33.4 (26.1–40.6)
|
|
Other public property
|
7183
|
3.3
|
6290.0–8076.0
|
2240
|
3.1
|
3.7 (2.2–5.1)
|
4943
|
3.5
|
8.1 (5.9–10.3)
|
|
Not recorded
|
44,391
|
20.7
|
43,581.9–45,200.1
|
15,205
|
20.9
|
24.9 (17.1–32.6)
|
29,186
|
20.6
|
47.7 (32.4–63.1)
|
|
Dispositiona
|
|
Discharged
|
202,792
|
94.4
|
202,577.3–203,006.7
|
64,645
|
88.7
|
105.8 (84.9–126.7)
|
138,146
|
97.4
|
226.0 (183.7–268.3)
|
|
Admitted
|
10,377
|
4.8
|
9490.8–11,263.2
|
8172
|
11.2
|
13.4 (10.3–16.5)
|
2206
|
1.6
|
3.6 (2.6–4.6)
|
- aExcludes the < 1% of patients who left ED against medical advice, died, or had disposition data missing. No fatalities occurred from playground-related extremity fractures, while 15 fatalities occurred from other (non-extremity fracture) playground injuries
- bEstimates < 1200 are considered possibly unstable
