| Titre : | Fall-induced injuries and deaths among older adults. (1999) |
| Auteurs : | P. KANNUS ; M. JARVINEN ; S. KOSKINEN ; S. NIEMI ; M. PALVANEN ; J. PARKKARI ; I. VUORI ; Accident & Trauma Research Center and the Tampere Research Center of Sports Medicine. President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute for Health Promotion Research. Tampere. FIN |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | JAMA - Journal of the american medical association (vol. 281, n° 20, 1999) |
| Pagination : | 1895-1899 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Traumatisme ; Chute ; Personne âgée ; Homme ; Age ; Mortalité ; Finlande ; Europe ; Epidémiologie ; Incidence ; Tendance séculaire ; Recommandation |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 8JjkCR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Context Although various fall-induced injuries and deaths among older adults are increasing, little is known about the epidemiology of these events. Objective To determine the trends in the number and incidence of fall-induced injuries and deaths of older adults in a well-defined white population. Design and Setting Secular trend analysis of the population of Finland, using the Finnish National Hospital Discharge Register and the Official Cause-of-Death Statistics of Finland. Participants All persons aged 50 years or older who were admitted to hospitals in Finland for primary treatment of a first fall-induced injury from the years of 1970 to 1995, and for comparison, all fall-induced deaths in the same age group from the years 1971 to 1995. Main Outcome Measure The number and the age-specific and age-adjusted incidence rate (per 100 000 persons) of fall-induced injuries and deaths in each year of the study. Results For the study period, both the total and population-adjusted number (per 100000 persons) of Finns aged 50 years or older with fall-induced injury increased substantially. Total fall-induced injuries increased from 5622 in 1970 to 21 574 in 1995, a 284% increase, and the rate increased from 494 to 1398 per 100000 persons, a 183% increase. The age-adjusted incidence also increased in both women (from 648 in 1970 to 1469 in 1995, a 127% increase) and men (from 434 in 1970 to 972 in 1995, a 124% increase). (...) |
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