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In the United States alone, the total cost of falling injuries for people 65 and older was $31 billion in 2015. The costs covered millions of hospital emergency room visits for non-fatal injuries and more than 800,000 hospitalizations. By 2030, the annual number of falling injuries is expected to be 74 million older adults. [38]
Falling; Falling is a normal experience for young children, but falling from a significant height or onto a hard surface can be dangerous. Complications: Head injury, concussion, bone fracture, [1] abrasion, bruise: Risk factors: Convulsion, vision impairment, difficulty walking, home hazards [1] Frequency: 226 million (2015) [2] Deaths ...
Kathie Lee Gifford is on the mend after a fall down the stairs in her Tennessee home left her with a fractured pelvis in two places — and she credits it all to the "hundreds of thousands of ...
Pelosi underwent hip replacement surgery in Germany on Dec. 14 after a fall down stairs during an official trip to Luxembourg. David G. McIntyre
Fall prevention includes any action taken to help reduce the number of accidental falls suffered by susceptible individuals, such as the elderly and people with neurological (Parkinson's, Multiple sclerosis, stroke survivors, Guillain-Barre, traumatic brain injury, incomplete spinal cord injury) or orthopedic (lower limb or spinal column fractures or arthritis, post-surgery, joint replacement ...
Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, 84, underwent a successful hip replacement surgery after falling while in Luxembourg with a congressional delegation, her office said Saturday. "Earlier this morning ...
Falling down a flight of stairs or just a couple of steps is very common during infants’ first exposure to stair descent. Infants are more likely to fall down stairs than any other age group. [3] In the United States, approximately 73,000 children between the ages of 6 months and 2 years have reported injury on stairs or steps in 2009. [4]
Children under 3 and adults over 85 are the age groups most commonly injured from falling down stairs, ... The share jumped to about 64% for people from 11 to 60 years old, and to about 70% for ...