Dataset Information

Emergency department visits for fall-related fractures among older adults in the USA: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program, 2001-2008.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the demographic characteristics and incidence of unintentional fall-related fractures among older adults treated in the US hospital emergency departments (EDs).

Design

Retrospective observational study.

Settings

Hospitals' ED participants in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program (NEISS-AIP).

Participants

The NEISS-AIP was used to generate national estimates of hospital ED visits for unintentional fall-related fracture among adults aged 65 years or older between 2001 and 2008. Census population estimates were used as the denominator to calculate age-specific and age-adjusted fracture rates per 100 000 persons.

Main outcome measures

Fall-related fracture rates and ED disposition.

Results

On the basis of 70 199 cases, an estimated 4.05 million older adults were treated in US hospital EDs for fall-related fracture during the 8-year period. Two-thirds of the injuries occurred at home and 69.5% (95% CI 59.7% to 77.8%) of the affected individuals were white. Fall-related fracture rates increased gradually with age and were on average twofold higher among women. Of those hospitalised, women and fractures of the lower trunk represented 75.2% and 65.1% of the admissions, respectively. The estimated number of fall-related fractures treated in EDs increased from 574 500 in 2001 to 714 800 in 2008, a 24.4% increase. By gender, a non-significant upward trend in age-adjusted fall-related fracture rates was predominantly seen among men at an annual rate of 1.9% (95% CI -0.1% to 4.0%), whereas fracture rates among women remained stable at 0.9% (95% CI -0.7% to 2.5%) per year.

Conclusions

The oldest old, women and lower trunk fractures account for the majority of fall-related fractures among persons aged 65 years or older treated in US hospital EDs. Increasing ED visits and hospitalisations for fall-related fracture among older adults deserve further research.

SUBMITTER: Orces CH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3563140 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Emergency department visits for fall-related fractures among older adults in the USA: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program, 2001-2008.

Orces Carlos H CH

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<h4>Objectives</h4>To describe the demographic characteristics and incidence of unintentional fall-related fractures among older adults treated in the US hospital emergency departments (EDs).<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective observational study.<h4>Settings</h4>Hospitals' ED participants in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program (NEISS-AIP).<h4>Participants</h4>The NEISS-AIP was used to generate national estimates of hospital ED visits for unintentional fall-related fra ...[more]

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Dataset Information

Emergency department visits for fall-related fractures among older adults in the USA: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program, 2001-2008.

Objectives

Design

Settings

Participants

Main outcome measures

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Emergency department visits for fall-related fractures among older adults in the USA: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program, 2001-2008.

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