Table 5 Prevalence of falls and fall-related injuries from 2004 to 2010

Number of patients admitted to the hospital

164,331

165,662

170,402

171,791

167,492

172,992

172,325

Numbers of males (%)

80,077 (48.7)

79,254 (47.8)

81,227 (47.7)

83,028 (48.3)

82,573 (49.3)

83,405 (48.2)

84,297 (48.9)

Mean of age (SD)

53.9(26.5)

54.4(26.4)

54.1(26.4)

54.6(27.0)

55.6(26.3)

55.3(26.7)

55.8(27.0)

Mean of length of staying(SD)

12.5(42.9)

11.5(25.3)

11.0(41.7)

11.1(66.0)

10.5(29.2)

10.1(19.0)

10.2(19.5)

No. of patients after exclusion criteria

8,640

9,392

10,108

10,554

10,714

11,209

10,779

Assessment rate of new patients (%)

No assessment done

4068/4471 (91.0*)

104149 (94.7)

11860 (96.9)

10512 (97.5)

Patients who had at least one risk factor

No assessment done

1942

4463

5014

5410

Number of falls

350

336

353

302

252

252

263

Number of repeated fallers

39

33

60

40

30

17

39

Numbers of fracture from fall

6

3

8

5

7

11

4

Fall rate (‰) (95‰CI)

2.13 (1.91-2.36)

2.03 (1.82-2.26)

2.07 (1.86-2.30)

1.76 (1.57-1.97)

1.50 (1.32-1.70)

1.46 (1.28-1.65)

1.53 (1.34-1.72)

Fracture rate from fall

0.04

0.02

0.05

0.03

0.04

0.06

0.02

(‰)(95‰CI)

(0.01-0.08)

(0.01-0.05)

(0.02-0.09)

(0.01-0.06)

(0.01-0.08)

(0.03-0.11)

(0.01-0.05)