05. Magnitude of fall-related injuries

By giese119 on May 3, 2012 2:57 PM
  • 1 in every 3 older adults fall annually and the likelihood of falling increases proportionally with age (CDC, 2007).
  • Among older adults, falls are the leading cause of:
    • Injury
    • Hospitalization due to injury
    • Death due to injury
      • The death rates from falls among older adults have risen sharply over the past decade.
        • In 2005, 15,802 older adults died as a result of fall injuries (CDC, 2007).
        • In 2009, 2.2 million nonfatal fall injuries among older adults were treated in emergency departments and more than 581,000 of these patients were hospitalized (CDC, 2007).