Table 2 Mechanisms of accidental fall injuries and involved factors, Shenkursk District, January 2015–June 2018
From: Mechanisms of accidental fall injuries and involved injury factors: a registry-based study
Age groups** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Preschool 0–6 years (N = 84) | School 7–17 years (N = 294) | Working 18–59 years (N = 736) | Elderly 60+ years (N = 437) | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Mechanism of preceding activity | ||||
Walking | 14 (16.7) | 111 (37.8) | 414 (56.3) | 269 (61.6) |
Physical exercise | 16 (19.0) | 79 (26.9) | 31 (4.2) | 4 (0.9) |
Running | 13 (15.5) | 34 (11.6) | 4 (0.5) | — |
Climbing up/down | 18 (21.4) | 18 (6.1) | 14 (1.9) | 5 (1.1) |
Going on stairs | 6 (7.1) | 29 (9.9) | 70 (9.5) | 34 (7.8) |
Sitting and lying | 13 (15.5) | 6 (2.0) | 14 (1.9) | 23 (5.3) |
Standing | 4 (4.8) | 9 (3.1) | 59 (8.0) | 25 (5.7) |
Working at home or garden | — | 6 (2.0) | 64 (8.7) | 29 (6.6) |
Carrying something | — | 2 (0.7) | 66 (9.0) | 48 (11.0) |
Factors involved in mechanism of preceding activity | ||||
No factor reported | 26 (31.0) | 150 (51.0) | 382 (51.9) | 267 (61.1) |
Sport and play equipment | 13 (15.5) | 80 (27.2) | 29 (3.9) | 4 (0.9) |
Stairs in a building | 5 (6.0) | 24 (8.2) | 34 (4.6) | 8 (1.8) |
Furniture | 17 (20.2) | 3 (1.0) | 3 (0.4) | 12 (2.7) |
Wooden object | 4 (4.8) | 4 (1.4) | 54 (7.3) | 15 (3.4) |
Porch | 1 (1.2) | 6 (2.0) | 59 (8.0) | 30 (6.9) |
Loose household items | — | — | 34 (4.6) | 34 (7.8) |
Other factors* | 18 (21.5) | 27 (9.2) | 141 (19.1) | 67 (15.3) |
Accident mechanism | ||||
Slipping | 13 (15.5) | 101 (34.4) | 426 (57.9) | 216 (49.4) |
Stepping wrong | 14 (16.7) | 68 (23.1) | 122 (16.6) | 51 (11.7) |
Stumbling over something | 13 (15.5) | 41 (13.9) | 74 (10.1) | 76 (17.4) |
Loss of balance | 35 (41.7) | 55 (18.7) | 47 (6.4) | 17 (3.9) |
Faintness | — | — | 14 (1.9) | 62 (14.2) |
Other* | 9 (10.8) | 29 (9.9) | 53 (7.2) | 15 (3.5) |
Factors involved in accident mechanism | ||||
Internal human factor | 46 (54.8) | 114 (38.8) | 161 (21.9) | 124 (28.4) |
Ice-covered surface | 6 (7.1) | 85 (28.9) | 337 (45.8) | 173 (39.6) |
Sport and play equipment | 6 (7.1) | 23 (7.8) | 11 (1.5) | 3 (0.7) |
Another human | 6 (7.1) | 14 (4.8) | 9 (1.2) | — |
Part of building inside | 2 (2.4) | 12 (4.1) | 22 (3.0) | 26 (5.9) |
Wooden object | 3 (3.6) | 9 (3.1) | 39 (5.3) | 26 (5.9) |
Wet surface outside / inside | 1 (1.2) | 10 (3.4) | 62 (8.4) | 35 (8.0) |
Furniture | 6 (7.1) | 2 (0.7) | 15 (2.0) | 3 (0.7) |
Other factors* | 8 (9.5) | 25 (8.5) | 80 (10.8) | 47 (10.7) |
Injury mechanism | ||||
Fall on the same level | 37 (44.0) | 220 (74.8) | 520 (70.7) | 360 (82.4) |
Fall on stairs | 10 (11.9) | 37 (12.6) | 138 (18.8) | 56 (12.8) |
Fall from a height of <1.5 m | 32 (38.1) | 17 (5.8) | 33 (4.5) | 17 (3.9) |
Fall from a height of > 1.5 m | 5 (6.0) | 20 (6.8) | 45 (6.1) | 4 (0.9) |
Factors involved in injury mechanism | ||||
Surface outside | 31 (36.9) | 183 (62.2) | 489 (66.4) | 245 (56.1) |
Surface inside | 31 (36.9) | 67 (22.8) | 119 (16.2) | 109 (24.9) |
Wooden object | 3 (3.6) | 13 (4.4) | 52 (7.1) | 34 (7.8) |
Sport and play equipment | — | 16 (5.4) | 5 (0.7) | — |
Furniture | 11 (13.1) | 1 (0.3) | 15 (2.0) | 23 (5.3) |
Other factors* | 8 (9.5) | 14 (4.8) | 56 (7.6) | 26 (5.9) |