As the population ages, the number of older Americans who die following a fall is rising. In 2016, the rate of death from falls for people 75 and older was 111 per 100,000 people, they found. “The most likely reason is that people are living longer with conditions that in the past they might have died from,” she said. In addition, she continued, older adults are on medications that increase their risk of falling. Women are slightly more likely to fall than men, but men are slightly more likely to die as a result of a fall.

Source: New York Times June 04, 2019 15:01 UTC