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released: 16 Nov 2001 media release

This is a surveillance report on injuries due to falls in the elderly in Australia. It gives the latest available data on deaths and hospitalisations, including the number of cases, rates and trends. Data are also given by age, sex, State and Territory, external cause and place of occurrence.It will be relevant to those interested in data on falls in the elderly in Australia, including community practitioners, health planners, health administrators, researchers and the public.

ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN 978 1 74024 130 4; Cat. no. INJCAT 35; 38pp.; FREE

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Also available at http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/...

Recommended citation

Cripps R & Carman J 2001. Falls by the elderly in Australia: trends and data for 1998. Injury Research and Statistics Series. Cat. no. INJCAT 35. Canberra: AIHW.