Females fall more from heights but males survive less among a geriatric population: insights from an American level 1 trauma center

摘要

BackgroundApproximately one third of subjects ≥65 year old and half of subjects ≥80 years old sustain a fall injury each year. We aimed to study the outcomes of fall from a height (FFH) among older adults. We hypothesized that in an elderly population, fall-related injury and mortality are the same in both genders.