Non-fatal unintentional fall related injuries among adults aged 65 years and older treated in US emergency departments, 2001
| Men | Women | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (n = 6712) | Weighted estimate (n = 484740) | Crude rate* | 95% CI | Number (n = 15845) | Weighted estimate (n = 1157230) | Crude rate* | 95% CI | Rate ratio | |
| *Rate per 100 000 population. | |||||||||
| †Unstable estimate because of sample size <20. | |||||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| 65–69 | 1116 | 78318 | 1775.2 | 1523.6–2026.8 | 2022 | 146659 | 2860.5 | 2520.4–3200.6 | 1.6 |
| 70–74 | 1249 | 90051 | 2314.9 | 2014.0–2615.7 | 2508 | 179939 | 3677.0 | 3139.2–4214.9 | 1.6 |
| 75–79 | 1399 | 101854 | 3326.1 | 2777.6–3874.6 | 2942 | 220551 | 5050.1 | 4225.3–5874.9 | 1.5 |
| 80–84 | 1320 | 94719 | 4896.8 | 4113.9–5679.8 | 3174 | 225344 | 7001.2 | 5653.1–8349.2 | 1.4 |
| 85+ | 1628 | 119797 | 9071.6 | 7209.5–10933.6 | 5199 | 384738 | 12300.9 | 9689.2–14912.5 | 1.4 |
| Injury diagnosis | |||||||||
| Fracture | 1946 | 137372 | 939.7 | 771.7–1107.7 | 6091 | 437023 | 2107.7 | 1666.4–2549.1 | 2.2 |
| Contusions/abrasions | 1846 | 134575 | 920.5 | 773.1–1068.0 | 4205 | 315337 | 1520.9 | 1266.2–1775.5 | 1.7 |
| Laceration | 1272 | 96158 | 657.8 | 550.6–764.9 | 2057 | 150970 | 728.1 | 599.7–856.6 | 1.1 |
| Strain/sprain | 580 | 39982 | 273.5 | 224.9–322.1 | 1426 | 101957 | 491.7 | 410.0–573.5 | 1.8 |
| Internal injury | 511 | 31416 | 214.9 | 141.0–288.8 | 957 | 61088 | 294.6 | 201.2–388.1 | 1.4 |
| Other | 549 | 44567 | 304.9 | 230.4–379.3 | 1098 | 90182 | 434.9 | 308.9–561.0 | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 8 | 669 | † | † | 11 | 673 | † | † | † |
| Part of body affected | |||||||||
| Head/neck | 2285 | 162705 | 1113.0 | 913.4–1312.6 | 4312 | 308024 | 1485.6 | 1230.2–1741.0 | 1.3 |
| Lower trunk | 1410 | 99389 | 679.9 | 545.1–814.6 | 3821 | 276361 | 1332.9 | 1029.3–1636.4 | 2.0 |
| Upper trunk | 1034 | 78672 | 538.1 | 453.4–622.9 | 2,002 | 149204 | 719.6 | 602.3–836.9 | 1.3 |
| Arm/hand | 1027 | 76779 | 525.2 | 435.1–615.3 | 2,883 | 215425 | 1039.0 | 871.9–1206.1 | 2.0 |
| Leg/foot | 860 | 59373 | 406.1 | 357.4–454.8 | 2,621 | 190755 | 920.0 | 777.2–1062.8 | 2.3 |
| Other | 71 | 6318 | 43.2 | 26.1–60.4 | 159 | 14830 | 71.5 | 36.6–106.4 | 1.7 |
| Unknown | 25 | 1504 | 10.3 | 4.3–16.3 | 47 | 2630 | 12.7 | 5.7–19.7 | 1.2 |
| Disposition | |||||||||
| Treated & released | 5253 | 385930 | 2639.9 | 2260.4–3019.4 | 12272 | 904423 | 4362.0 | 3686.6–5037.4 | 1.7 |
| Hospitalized | 1422 | 95333 | 652.1 | 492.9–811.3 | 3492 | 244878 | 1181.0 | 854.6–1507.5 | 1.8 |
| Held for observation/unknown | 37 | 3476 | 23.8 | 3.7–43.8 | 81 | 7929 | 38.2 | 10.1–66.3 | 1.6 |