| Title: |
QUEENSLAND INJURY SURVEILLANCE UNIT BULLETIN |
| Authors: |
Mater Clinical; Epidemiology Centre; Falls In Older People; Richard Hockey; Data Analyst |
| Contributors: |
The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: |
http://www.qisu.org.au/modcore/PreviousBulliten/backend/upload_file/issue056.pdf. |
| Collection: |
CiteSeerX |
| Subject Terms: |
Hospital; Mater Adult Hospital; Mater Private Emergency Care Centre; Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital; Redland Hospital; Logan Hospital; Royal Children’s Hospital; Mt Isa Hospital; Mackay Base Hospital; Proserpine Hospital; Sarina Hospital; Clermont Hospital; Dysart Hospital and Moranbah Hospital |
| Description: |
Injuries resulting from falls are the major cause of death, hospitalisation and emergency department presentation in persons aged 65 years and over in our community. More than half of all injury deaths in this age group is due to falls. During 1997, 214 deaths 1 and approximately 7,000 hospitalisations of persons aged 65 years and over in Queensland were attributed to falls. The direct cost to the health care system of falls in the elderly, Australia-wide, has been estimated to be $406m or 56 % of the injury cost for the 65+ age group and 16% of the cost for all ages 2. With the ageing of the Australian population the number of hip fractures, based on the current incidence rate, is expected to double by 2026 and increase fourfold by 2051 3. Data Issues Australia’s rate of hospitalisation from falls in older people continues to increase and while mortality has declined over the last ten years, there is evidence that this decline is not being sustained 4. However it is probable that mortality due to falls in older people is grossly under counted. A four-year study of all hip fracture hospitalisations in Western Australia found amongst those who died within 30 days of admission, official statistics attributed only 30 % to a fall 5. While an article examining hip fracture incidence and mortality in England found that official statistics under counted hip fracture deaths by nearly 50 % 6. In Australia, the advent of multiple cause coding for deaths by the Australian |
| Document Type: |
text |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.394.2718; http://www.qisu.org.au/modcore/PreviousBulliten/backend/upload_file/issue056.pdf |
| Availability: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.394.2718; http://www.qisu.org.au/modcore/PreviousBulliten/backend/upload_file/issue056.pdf |
| Rights: |
Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.97448FBD |
| Database: |
BASE |