The global burden of falls : global, regional and national estimates of morbidity and mortality from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Spencer L James; Lydia R Lucchesi; Catherine Bisignano; Chris D Castle; Zachary V. Dingels; Jack T Fox; Erin B Hamilton; Nathaniel J Henry; Kris J Krohn; Zichen Liu; Darrah McCracken; Molly R Nixon; Nicholas L S Roberts; Dillon O Sylte; Jose C Adsuar; Amit Arora; Andrew M Briggs; Daniel Collado-Mateo; Cyrus Cooper; Lalit Dandona; Rakhi Dandona; Christian L. Ellingsen; Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad; Tiffany K. Gill; Juanita A. Haagsma; Delia Hendrie; Mikk Jürisson; G. Anil Kumar; Alan D. Lopez; Tomasz Miazgowski; Ted R. Miller; G. K. Mini; Erkin M. Mirrakhimov; Efat Mohamadi; Pedro R. Olivares; Fakher Rahim; Lidia S. Riera; Santos Villafaina; Yuichiro Yano; Simon I. Hay; Stephen S Lim; Ali H. Mokdad; Mohsen Naghavi; Christopher J. L. Murray

doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043286

The global burden of falls : global, regional and national estimates of morbidity and mortality from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Spencer L James, Lydia R Lucchesi, Catherine Bisignano, Chris D Castle, Zachary V. Dingels, Jack T Fox, Erin B Hamilton, Nathaniel J Henry, Kris J Krohn, Zichen Liu, Darrah McCracken, Molly R Nixon, Nicholas L S Roberts, Dillon O Sylte, Jose C Adsuar, Amit Arora, Andrew M Briggs, Daniel Collado-Mateo, Cyrus Cooper, Lalit DandonaRakhi Dandona, Christian L. Ellingsen, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Tiffany K. Gill, Juanita A. Haagsma, Delia Hendrie, Mikk Jürisson, G. Anil Kumar, Alan D. Lopez, Tomasz Miazgowski, Ted R. Miller, G. K. Mini, Erkin M. Mirrakhimov, Efat Mohamadi, Pedro R. Olivares, Fakher Rahim, Lidia S. Riera, Santos Villafaina, Yuichiro Yano, Simon I. Hay, Stephen S Lim, Ali H. Mokdad, Mohsen Naghavi, Christopher J. L. Murray

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Background: Falls can lead to severe health loss including death. Past research has shown that falls are an important cause of death and disability worldwide. The Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) provides a comprehensive assessment of morbidity and mortality from falls. Methods: Estimates for mortality, years of life lost (YLLs), incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs) and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were produced for 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017 for all ages using the GBD 2017 framework. Distributions of the bodily injury (eg, hip fracture) were estimated using hospital records. Results: Globally, the age-standardised incidence of falls was 2238 (1990-2532) per 100 000 in 2017, representing a decline of 3.7% (7.4 to 0.3) from 1990 to 2017. Age-standardised prevalence was 5186 (4622-5849) per 100 000 in 2017, representing a decline of 6.5% (7.6 to 5.4) from 1990 to 2017. Age-standardised mortality rate was 9.2 (8.5-9.8) per 100 000 which equated to 695 771 (644 927-741 720) deaths in 2017. Globally, falls resulted in 16 688 088 (15 101 897-17 636 830) YLLs, 19 252 699 (13 725 429-26 140 433) YLDs and 35 940 787 (30 185 695-42 903 289) DALYs across all ages. The most common injury sustained by fall victims is fracture of patella, tibia or fibula, or ankle. Globally, age-specific YLD rates increased with age. Conclusions: This study shows that the burden of falls is substantial. Investing in further research, fall prevention strategies and access to care is critical.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	i3-i11
Number of pages	9
Journal	Injury Prevention
Volume	26
Issue number	Supp. 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043286
Publication status	Published - 2020

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James, S. L., Lucchesi, L. R., Bisignano, C., Castle, C. D., Dingels, Z. V., Fox, J. T., Hamilton, E. B., Henry, N. J., Krohn, K. J., Liu, Z., McCracken, D., Nixon, M. R., Roberts, N. L. S., Sylte, D. O., Adsuar, J. C., Arora, A., Briggs, A. M., Collado-Mateo, D., Cooper, C., ... Murray, C. J. L. (2020). The global burden of falls : global, regional and national estimates of morbidity and mortality from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Injury Prevention, 26(Supp. 1), i3-i11. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043286

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AU - Mirrakhimov, Erkin M.

AU - Mohamadi, Efat

AU - Olivares, Pedro R.

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