Comment by bell-cot
Looking at the article's graphs - both the deaths and the increase in deaths are very strongly skewed toward the highest age brackets. Deaths fell in the 34-and-under brackets.
Are 85+ folks falling more (or worse), because they're paying more attention to their phones than to their feet? Or maybe the fatal falls are caused by collisions with nose-in-phone kids?
Fall fatalities for people 25-34 are likely related to working at height or recreational climbing, during which the victim is less likely to be using electronic devices.