Nursery product injuries rise.

Nursery products such as cribs, high chairs, and walkers were involved in 66,400 injuries to children under age 5 years who were treated in emergency departments in 2006, an 8% increase over 2005, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said. Infant carriers, car seats, cribs, crib mattresses, strollers, and baby carriages were associated with the most injuries. Falls were the leading cause of injury; and the head was the most frequently injured body part, the CPSC said. In addition, during 2002-2004, CPSC staff received reports of 241 deaths (an average of 80 per year) associated with nursery products among children in the same age group. Cribs, baby baths, bath seats, and playpens were associated with most of the deaths. The products themselves weren't necessarily to blame for the injuries and deaths, according to the report: "It is important to note that many of the incidents were associated with a nursery product but not necessarily caused by the product."