Citation

Santos-Lozada AR. J. Am. Med. Assoc. JAMA 2023; 329(18): 1605-1607.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jama.2023.3054

PMID

37159042

Abstract

In 2020, 42 114 deaths in the US were related to falls, with 86% occurring among adults aged 65 years or older.1 Falls are the leading cause of injury and among the leading causes of death among older adults in the US.2,3 The increase in the number of older adults in the US and in the number of falls within this population underscore the need for population-level studies on this issue. Calls for such analyses date back to the 1990s,4 yet the majority of studies focus on injuries related to falls.3 More recent calls have also emphasized the need to study racial and ethnic differences in falls among older adults in the US.5 This study examined trends in deaths from falls among US adults aged 65 years or older by sex and by race and ethnicity between 1999 and 2020...

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