Mortality From Falls Among US Adults Aged 75 Years or Older, 2000-2016

Klaas A Hartholt; Robin Lee; Elizabeth R Burns; Ed F van Beeck

doi:10.1001/jama.2019.4185

Mortality From Falls Among US Adults Aged 75 Years or Older, 2000-2016

JAMA. 2019 Jun 4;321(21):2131-2133. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.4185.

Authors

Klaas A Hartholt¹, Robin Lee², Elizabeth R Burns², Ed F van Beeck³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery-Traumatology, Reinier de Graaf Groep, Delft, the Netherlands.
² US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Abstract

This study uses National Vital Statistics System data from 2000-2016 to characterize trends in mortality from falls in the US population aged 75 years or older.

MeSH terms

Accidental Falls / mortality*
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Mortality / trends
United States / epidemiology
Vital Statistics