%0 Journal Article %T Quickstats: age-adjusted death rates from unintentional falls among adults aged ≥65 years, by sex - National Vital Statistics System, 1999-2016 %J MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report %D 2018 %V 67 %N 38 %P 1079-1079 %X

From 1999 to 2016, age-adjusted death rates from unintentional falls among adults aged ≥65 years increased 110% from 29.4 to 61.6 per 100,000. Among men aged ≥65 years, the age-adjusted death rate increased 89% from 38.3 per 100,000 in 1999 to 72.3 in 2016. For women aged ≥65 years, the rate increased 122% from 24.3 per 100,000 in 1999 to 54.0 in 2016. Throughout the period, death rates from unintentional falls were higher for men than women.

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%G en %I U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention %@ 0149-2195 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6738a9