Epidemiology of population mortality related to falls in california 2000–2016: an increasing challenge for EMS

Background: Falls mortality increases with age and the U.S. population is aging steadily. This study examined the epidemiology of mortality in California this century due to unintentional falls. Method: Deaths caused by falls were extracted from California Department of Public Health data. Yearly Ca...

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Main Authors: Buzzacott, Peter, Ball, Stephen, Brown, Elizabeth, Tohiro, Hideo, Finn, Judith
Format: Conference Paper
Published: BMJ Journals 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79867