Falls
Overview
Falls are defined as a person unitentionally coming to rest on a ground level, often resulting in injury or death. Fall-related injuries can happen to any age group, yet certain age groups such as seniors are at higher risk.
Statistics
*Cost per capita is the cost per person in the province.*
Prevention
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Links to Other Resources:
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Falls are defined as a person unitentionally coming to rest on a ground level, often resulting in injury or death. Fall-related injuries can happen to any age group, yet certain age groups such as seniors are at higher risk.
Statistics
- Falls are the leading cause of injury and death in Atlantic Canada within the year of 2018.
- Throughout Atlantic Canada, Falls were the leading cost of injury, accounting for $760 million (43%) of the total cost of injury in 2018.
- The Highest Cost of Injury by Age (years) Includes:
- Children (0-14): Falls, $52 million
- Youth and young adults (15-24): transport incidents, $77 million
- Adults (25-64): Falls, $207 million
- Older adults (65+): Falls, $464 million
- Falls are the leading cause of injury for all ages throughout the four Atlantic provinces, except for youth aged 15-24 years old as transport incidents is the leading cause.
- Prince Edward Island had the highest cost per capita due to falls compared to other Atlantic provinces ($195.86) for children aged 0-14 years old.
- Cost of fall-related injuries in children aged 0-14 years old account for 42% of total injury related costs.
- Compared to the other Atlantic Provinces, Prince Edward Island had the highest cost per capita due to falls in adults aged 65 years and over ($1,050.37).
- Compared to the other Atlantic Provinces, New Brunswick had the highest cost per capita due to falls for youth aged 15-24 years old ($164.03)
*Cost per capita is the cost per person in the province.*
Prevention
More information coming soon....
Links to Other Resources:
- Child Safety Link (safety tips for in the home)
- NB Trauma Program (safety information related to falls in older adults)
- NB Trauma Program (Finding Balance program, resources for older adults and for practitioners)
- Newfoundland and Labrador Injury Prevention Coalition (fall prevention)
- Parachute (falls in children)
- Parachute (falls in seniors)
- Alberta Injury Prevention Centre (Finding Balance program)
- BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit (a blog post with safety tips on physical activity, mental health, falls, violence, and more)
Document Library
The following library of files is provided for reference. The files have been arranged into folders of appropriate topics as you see below. Click a folder to see it's contents. There are then, several ways to interact with the files:
