Comment by dec0dedab0de
Comment by dec0dedab0de a day ago
Well of course old people fall more, but the article is about changes over the last 20 years.
...Oh wait, are you saying there are more old people now? That's interesting.
Comment by dec0dedab0de a day ago
Well of course old people fall more, but the article is about changes over the last 20 years.
...Oh wait, are you saying there are more old people now? That's interesting.
Which was specifically addressed early in the article.
Not only are there more falls among the elderly, there are more falls even fully accounting for changes in age composition of the population.
>>But an aging population only partially explains the rise in these deaths. Deaths by falls have risen 2.4-fold on an age-adjusted basis. While they have fallen among younger people and only risen slightly among the middle aged, they have risen substantially within every age bracket of the elderly.