Fall-Induced Deaths Among Elderly People
- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 95 (3), 422-424
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2004.047779
Abstract
Falls and fall-induced injuries in older people are a major public health problem in modern societies with aging populations. Injury is the fifth leading cause of death in older adults, and most of these fatal injuries are related to falls. We have assessed the nationwide trends in fall-induced deaths of older people in Finland for more than 3 decades (1971–2002), and the results showed that the number of fall-induced deaths among elderly Finns is clearly increasing, especially among men.Keywords
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