This past week, researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio released their findings from a study conducted on injuries among children and adolescents from furniture tip-over. The researchers, which included Dr. Gary Smith, head of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the hospital, used data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to analyze injuries to children in the U.S. between 1990 and 2007.

During that time, an estimated 264,200 furniture tip-over related injuries occurred that required a trip to the emergency room. That's an average of 14,700 serious injuries per year but the data showed there was actually a greater than 40 percent increase in injuries over the 18-year time period. That’s very disturbing. (Learn more about furniture straps, and see our furniture stability Ratings.)

According to the study, published in Clinical Pediatrics, three-quarters of the injuries were to children 6-years-old and younger, with 1- to 3-year-olds being the most vulnerable. Head and neck injuries were the most common, many the result of a TV falling on a child. Pulling and climbing on furniture accounted for more than 25 percent of the injuries. (Read babies, children, and TV tipover injuries and how to childproof every part of your home)

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