title: [Accidental death in advanced age].
abstract: In 1989 accidental death of 72 persons with an age of at least 60 years were determined at the Institute for Legal Medicine in Hamburg. 41 of them (57%) died by traffic accident. In those cases 18 of them died from pneumonia or embolism of lung as a result to be laid low. The causal connection and phenomenoms of those complications are described and problems of medicine, social-security payment and insurance benefit of the elder age are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universtät Hamburg.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dankwarth
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lieske
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000401:mortality*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Unfalltod im höheren Lebensalter.