Fall-related deaths among older adults in British Columbia : cause and effect of policy change
| Autor: | Fahra Rajabali, Aayushi Joshi, M Denise Beaton, Kate Turcotte, Ian Pike |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health older people 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Injury prevention Humans Medicine International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 030216 legal & forensic medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Original Research Aged British Columbia business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Middle Aged mortality coding systems Policy Mortality data Accidental Accidental Falls business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Injury Prevention |
| DOI: | 10.14288/1.0404542 |
| Popis: | BackgroundThe British Columbia Coroners Service implemented a policy in 2010 advising the reclassification of underlying causes of deaths due to falls from ‘natural’ to ‘accidental’. This study investigates whether observed data trends reflect this change in practice, are artefacts of inconsistent reporting, or indicate a true increase in fall-related deaths.MethodsMortality data were analysed from 2004 to 2017 for cases with International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision fall codes W00–W19, occurring among adults aged 60 years and older.ResultsFrom 2010 to 2012, accidental fall-related deaths increased among those aged 80 years and older, followed by an increase in natural deaths with fall as the contributing cause.ConclusionsChanges in reporting resulting from the 2010 policy change were observed; however, post-2012 data indicate a reversion to previous reporting practices. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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