New CDC Study Underscores Impact Of Older Adult Falls

About five percent of all people over age 65 had to see a health care provider or restrict their activity due to a fall during a three-month period, according a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated 5.8 million adults over age 65 reported they fell at least once in the previous three months, and 1.8 million of them sought medical help or restricted their activity for at least a day, said the study in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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Filed under: Seniors on March 14th, 2008