How much risk do playgrounds pose?

How much risk do playgrounds pose?

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In a ten year study period, over 145 children under the age of 15 have died in playgrounds. Most of these playground deaths occur from entanglement, loose shoelaces, ropes from sweatshirts or loose belts get caught and cause strangulation. The other number one cause of playground death is swing impact, so it's very important to keep children under a certain age away from moving swings. However, more people die in home playgrounds than they do in public playgrounds. These home playground deaths usually occur with higher equipment being brought in, more exotic things like trampolines, which used to only be used for circuses. Now they are bringing them home in backyards and there is a great increased number of deaths from broken necks and broken backs from trampolines that don't use side rails.