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RESEARCH ARTICLE

NSW fall injury indicators—15 year projections

Rebecca Mitchell and Jerry Moller

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 13(2) 7 - 7
Published: 2002

Abstract

Falls are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in older people. In the financial year 1997?98, 16 951 people aged over 65 were hospitalised in NSW for more than one day due to a fall, which represents 14 per cent of all hospitalisations due to injury.

https://doi.org/10.1071/NB02004

© NSW Department of Health 2002

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