Falls and falls-related injuries continue to be a significant public health issue that listed as the leading cause of injury hospitalisations in 2020. This contributes to the incidence of falls-related fatalities, hospitalisations and emergency department attendances. Below we look at the reported statistics:
A Western Australian died every 25 hours, was hospitalised every 17 minutes and attended ER every 13 minutes due to a fall.
The 31,708 falls-related hospitalisations resulted in 239,669 hospital bed days and cost an estimated $286,290,884.
Females experienced a higher rate of falls-related hospitalisations and emergency department attendances than males.
The increasing trends in these statistics speak for themselves and confirm that despite a global pandemic dominating the health landscape over the last two years, we cannot become complacent with our falls prevention efforts.
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