title: Accidents in old age.
abstract: Elderly persons particularly are liable to falls which in women often cause major fractures and other injuries. In Australia, some two per cent of deaths of women aged 65 and over are attributed to non-traffic accidents, and the length of hospital care and subsequent disability following fractures are both important aspects of the total morbidity resulting from falls suffered by older persons.
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology