Table 1 Average annual ED visits for playground-related extremity fractures and other playground-related injuries
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) |