Deaths from falls among persons aged ≥65 years — United States, 2007-2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 67, Issue 18, 2018, Pages 509-514

  Burns, Elizabeth ^a   Kakara, Ramakrishna ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85046861584     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6718a1     Document Type: Note

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