According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, across Ontario in 2002-2003 there were 8,698 Emergency Room visits due to playground related injuries. Of those injuries, 590 resulted in a hospital stay of at least one night. The majority (56%) of injuries occurred among children between the ages of 5 and 9. The majority of injuries were orthopaedic in nature, mostly upper extremity. However, there were also 131 reported head injuries.