- ►nih.gov JA Stevens, PS Corso, EA Finkelstein, TR … - Injury Prevention, 2006 - injuryprevention.bmj.com Methods: Incidence data came from the 2000 National Vital Statistics System,
2001 National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program, 2000
Health Care Utilization Program National Inpatient Sample, and 1999 Medical ... Cited by 98 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
BS Roudsari, BE Ebel, PS Corso, NAM … - Injury, 2005 - Elsevier Falls in the older adults are a major public health concern. The growing
population of adults 65 years or older, advances in medical care and changes in
the costs of care motivated our study of the acute health care costs of ... Cited by 35 - Related articles - All 13 versions
- ►healthyagingprograms.org [PDF] JA Stevens - Journal of Safety Research, 2005 - Elsevier Among people age 65 and older, falls are the leading cause of injury deaths. In
2002, there were 12,800 fall-related deaths. Fall rates increased sharply with
advancing age (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2004) and ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - All 6 versions
JS Schiller, EA Kramarow, AN Dey - Adv Data, 2007 - Citeseer Objective—This report presents national estimates of fall injury episodes for
noninstitutionalized US adults aged 65 years and over, by selected
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U Injury - sophe.org Page 1. Falls and Hip Fractures, Facts - NCIPC Tool Kit • Intro and Fact Sheets >
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JA Stevens, ED Sogolow - Injury Prevention, 2005 - injuryprevention.bmj.com Results: Based on 22 560 cases, an estimated 1.64 million older adults were
treated in EDs for unintentional fall injuries. Of these, approximately 1.16
million, or 70.5%, were women. Fractures, contusions/abrasions, and ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - All 6 versions
DA Sterling, JA O'Connor, J Bonadies - The Journal of trauma, 2001 - journals.lww.com Skip Navigation Links Home > January 2001 - Volume 50 - Issue 1 > Geriatric
Falls: Injury Severity Is High and Disproportionat... ... From the Department
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F Englander, TJ Hodson, RA Terregrossa - Journal of forensic sciences, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov This paper provides an update of annual economic costs imposed by fall injuries.
Such costs include medical, rehabilitation, hospital costs, and the costs of
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- ►oxfordjournals.org BKS Chan, LM Marshall, KM Winters, KA … - American journal of epidemiology, 2006 - Oxford Univ Press Physical activity and physical performance have been linked to fall risk in the
elderly. The authors examined the relation between physical activity and
physical performance with incident falls in the Osteoporotic Fractures in ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
