(2017) Falls in Iowa: County Deaths and Hospitalizations, 2010-2014, January 2017. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)
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Abstract
Falls are one of the leading causes of injury hospitalization and deaths among Iowa older adults. A fall is an event which results in a person coming to rest unintentionally on the ground or floor or other lower level. Millions of adults aged 65 and older fall each year in the United States alone.1 One out of three older adults falls each year, but about half of those who fall never reported or discussed their falls with a health care provider.
| Item Type: | Newsletter |
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| Keywords: | Unintentional Falls, Public Health, Health care |
| Subjects: | Health and medicine Health and medicine > Healthcare Health and medicine > Public health |
| ID Code: | 43445 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 10 Mar 2023 16:09 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2023 16:09 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/43445 |