Injury
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 81-83 , January 2007

Alarming rise in fall-induced severe head injuries among elderly people

  • Pekka Kannus

      Affiliations

    • Injury & Osteoporosis Research Center, UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
    • Medical School, University of Tampere, and Division of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Trauma, Musculoskeletal Surgery and Rehabilitation, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: UKK Institute, P.O. Box 30, FIN-33501 Tampere, Finland. Tel.: +358 3 282 9336; fax: +358 3 282 9200.
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  • Seppo Niemi

      Affiliations

    • Injury & Osteoporosis Research Center, UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
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  • Jari Parkkari

      Affiliations

    • Tampere Research Center of Sports Medicine, UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
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  • Mika Palvanen

      Affiliations

    • Injury & Osteoporosis Research Center, UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
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  • Harri Sievänen

      Affiliations

    • Injury & Osteoporosis Research Center, UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland

,Accepted 14 August 2006.

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    Number (A) and age-adjusted incidence (per 100,000 persons) (B) of fall-induced severe head injuries in Finland in people 80 years of age or older between 1970 and 2004. The number of people in this a

    Number (A) and age-adjusted incidence (per 100,000 persons) (B) of fall-induced severe head injuries in Finland in people 80 years of age or older between 1970 and 2004. The number of people in this age group was 50,943 in 1970 and 199,369 in 2004.

PII: S0020-1383(06)00497-9

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.08.027

Injury
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 81-83 , January 2007

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