Child Injuries in Daycare
The 1997 CHIRPP database, ages less than 5 years

Number of records in the CHIRPP database as of
September 18, 1998 = 815,994

Number of records for 1997 = 116,580

Number of 1997 records associated with daycares = 915

Nature of the injury and body part

Nature and site of injury	Number*		Percent of injuries
Open wound     Head     Arm     Leg     Trunk	280	253 21 4 2	30.6
Abrasions     Head     Arm     Leg     Trunk	194	119 33 27 15	21.1
Fracture, dislocation     Arm     Leg     Head	182	160 19 3	19.9
Minor head injury	81		8.9
Sprain, strain     Leg     Arm     Head	44	22 17 5	4.8
Foreign body     Nose     Ear     Alimentary tract     Eye     Soft tissue     Respiratory tract	42	16 12 6 3 3 2	4.6
Dental injury	23		2.5
Eye injury	20		2.2
Crushing injury	9		1.0
Concussion or intracranial	5		0.5
Other or unspecified	24		2.6
No injury detected	11		1.2
Total	915		100.0
* Only the primary (most serious injuries) are reported in this table.

Where injury occurred

*This chart represents 509 injuries where exact areas were identified.