Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations for Selected Nonfatal Injuries Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years — United States, 2018
Briana Moreland, Robin Lee
Abstract
Approximately 60,000 older adults (aged â¥65 years) die from unintentional injuries each year; in 2019 these included 34,000 fall deaths, 8,000 traffic-related motor vehicle crash deaths, and 3,000 drug poisoning deaths.
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MedicineEmergency departmentInjury preventionPoison controlOccupational safety and healthSuicide preventionPsychological interventionHealth careYoung adultMedical emergencyEmergency medicineGerontologyPsychiatryEconomic growthPathologyEconomicsInjury Epidemiology and PreventionEmergency and Acute Care StudiesTrauma and Emergency Care Studies