<原著>高齢者の墜落・転倒事故死亡率の動向

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This is a survey study of the trend towards accidental death of the elderly in Japan. In Japan, traffic accidents represent the most frequent cause of accidental death below the age of 80. However, in the age 80 and over, accidental fall occupies an overwhelming majority among the causes of accidental death. More than one-half of these falls occurred on the same level. The yearly change of mortality rate due to falls on the same level had been surveyed according to age and sex from the year 1955 to 1978. The mortality rate was almost constant in each age group of males. In females, the mortality rate had increased 4 times in the age group 80-84 and 5 times in 85 and over from 1955 to 1975,but it has decreased slightly in subsequent years. In each age group, 80 and over in males and 75 and over in females, a significant positive correlation was noted between the death due to a fall on the same level and that due to a fracture of lower extremity (r=0.75-0.95; P<0.001). Since a rapid increase of the elderly people is anticipated in Japan's future, the prevention of accidents in these elderly people will become important. A prompt survey of the actual state is necessary.
近畿大学の論文
1981-09-25