Table 1

Annualized injury hospitalization rates (per 100 000) for same level falls by race/ethnicity, sex, and age, California residents, 1995–97

	Total*		Male		Female		Total		Male		Female
	No	Rate	No	Rate	No	Rate	No	Rate	No	Rate	No	Rate
*Includes one case with unknown gender.
Note: Table includes 102 881 (98%) of 104 902 total cases. Not shown are Native American (162), other (1054), and unknown (805).
Source: California Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development, patient discharge records and California Department of Finance, 1970–96 Population Estimates, January 1998.
	White						Black
All ages	82 789	161	23 944	94	58 844	227	4350	64	1728	51	2622	76
<10	895	14	539	16	356	11	179	14	109	17	70	11
10–19	1 567	26	1 098	36	469	16	233	22	150	28	83	16
20–29	1 388	22	760	23	628	21	199	18	111	19	88	17
30–39	2 529	28	1 286	28	1 243	28	418	34	240	40	178	29
40–49	3 802	45	1 695	40	2 107	51	515	55	256	57	259	53
50–59	4 691	84	1 691	61	3 000	107	443	80	195	75	248	85
60–69	8 292	197	2 610	129	5 682	259	254	69	175	105	343	170
70–79	21 155	580	5 654	361	15 501	745	828	344	275	285	553	384
80–89	28 677	1723	6 783	1161	21 893	2026	763	825	173	568	590	951
90+	9 793	3556	1 828	2816	7 965	3784	245	1460	44	965	210	1718
	Hispanic						Asian/Pacific Islander
All ages	12 143	43	5 013	35	7 130	53	3599	35	1236	24	2363	45
<10	1 193	17	727	21	466	14	135	8	84	9	51	6
10–19	766	17	551	24	215	10	130	9	105	14	25	3
20–29	892	18	515	19	377	17	121	8	74	9	47	6
30–39	1 022	20	612	23	410	18	124	7	62	7	62	7
40–49	990	32	518	32	472	31	182	11	80	11	102	12
50–59	1 118	70	413	52	705	87	230	26	92	22	138	30
60–69	1 400	136	446	93	954	173	446	72	117	43	329	96
70–79	2 077	355	598	238	1 479	444	959	234	292	166	667	286
80–89	2 047	906	482	581	1 565	1095	957	667	265	425	692	852
90+	638	1280	151	893	487	1478	315	1135	65	565	250	1540