(2018) Free Fall Policy Brief: Falls in Iowa 2018, July 18, 2018. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)
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Abstract
Fall-related deaths for older Iowans are increasing and are higher than the national average. In 2016, older Iowan dying from a fall was 13.3 compared to 9.1 per 100,000 population nationally (CDC WISQARS, 2018). From 2012 to 2016, Iowa had on average 515 fall-related deaths each year (CDC WISQARS, 2018). Falls were the leading cause of all unintentional injury deaths for persons aged 65 or older in both Iowa and nationally.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Public Health, Falling, Older Iowans, Injury |
| Subjects: | Health and medicine Health and medicine > Public health |
| ID Code: | 31625 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 31 Mar 2020 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2020 15:30 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/31625 |