The global burden of falls: global, regional and national estimates of morbidity and mortality from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
Spencer L JamesLydia R LucchesiCatherine BisignanoChris D CastleZachary V DingelsJack T FoxErin B HamiltonNathaniel J HenryKris J KrohnZichen LiuDarrah McCrackenMolly R NixonNicholas L S RobertsDillon O SylteJose C AdsuarAmit AroraAndrew M BriggsDaniel Collado-MateoCyrus CooperLalit DandonaRakhi DandonaChristian Lycke EllingsenSeyed-Mohammad FereshtehnejadTiffany K GillJuanita A HaagsmaDelia HendrieMikk JürissonG Anil KumarAlan D LopezTomasz MiazgowskiTed R MillerG K MiniErkin M MirrakhimovEfat MohamadiPedro R OlivaresFakher RahimLidia Sanchez RieraSantos VillafainaYuichiro YanoSimon I HayStephen S LimAli H MokdadMohsen NaghaviChristopher J L MurrayPublished in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2020)
This study shows that the burden of falls is substantial. Investing in further research, fall prevention strategies and access to care is critical.