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

doi:10.1001/jama.2019.4185

. 2019 Jun 4;321(21):2131-2133.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.4185.

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

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

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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.

PMID: 31162561
PMCID: PMC6549288
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.4185

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

Klaas A Hartholt et al. JAMA. 2019.

. 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.

PMID: 31162561
PMCID: PMC6549288
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.4185

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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.

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Falls in Older Adults: Prevention, Mortality, and Costs.
Pahor M. Pahor M. JAMA. 2019 Jun 4;321(21):2080-2081. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.6569. JAMA. 2019. PMID: 31162553 No abstract available.

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1. Bergen G, Stevens MR, Burns ER. Falls and fall injuries among adults aged ≥65 years—United States, 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016;65(37):993-998. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6537a2 - DOI - PubMed
1. Florence CS, Bergen G, Atherly A, Burns E, Stevens J, Drake C. Medical costs of fatal and nonfatal falls in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018;66(4):693-698. doi:10.1111/jgs.15304 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
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1. Padrón-Monedero A, Damián J, Pilar Martin M, Fernández-Cuenca R. Mortality trends for accidental falls in older people in Spain, 2000-2015. BMC Geriatr. 2017;17(1):276. doi:10.1186/s12877-017-0670-6 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
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[1] Bergen G, Stevens MR, Burns ER. Falls and fall injuries among adults aged ≥65 years—United States, 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016;65(37):993-998. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6537a2 - DOI - PubMed

[2] Bergen G, Stevens MR, Burns ER. Falls and fall injuries among adults aged ≥65 years—United States, 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016;65(37):993-998. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6537a2 - DOI - PubMed

[3] Florence CS, Bergen G, Atherly A, Burns E, Stevens J, Drake C. Medical costs of fatal and nonfatal falls in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018;66(4):693-698. doi:10.1111/jgs.15304 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Florence CS, Bergen G, Atherly A, Burns E, Stevens J, Drake C. Medical costs of fatal and nonfatal falls in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018;66(4):693-698. doi:10.1111/jgs.15304 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Hartholt KA, van Beeck EF, van der Cammen TJM. Mortality from falls in Dutch adults 80 years and older, 2000-2016. JAMA. 2018;319(13):1380-1382. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.1444 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Hartholt KA, van Beeck EF, van der Cammen TJM. Mortality from falls in Dutch adults 80 years and older, 2000-2016. JAMA. 2018;319(13):1380-1382. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.1444 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Padrón-Monedero A, Damián J, Pilar Martin M, Fernández-Cuenca R. Mortality trends for accidental falls in older people in Spain, 2000-2015. BMC Geriatr. 2017;17(1):276. doi:10.1186/s12877-017-0670-6 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Padrón-Monedero A, Damián J, Pilar Martin M, Fernández-Cuenca R. Mortality trends for accidental falls in older people in Spain, 2000-2015. BMC Geriatr. 2017;17(1):276. doi:10.1186/s12877-017-0670-6 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] US Census Bureau . American Community Survey and Decennial Census (2000-2016). https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. Accessed April 22, 2019.

[10] US Census Bureau . American Community Survey and Decennial Census (2000-2016). https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. Accessed April 22, 2019.

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