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Table 2 Fall injuries without syncope or heat component versus fall injuries secondary to Syncope without Heat Component

From: A methodology for the public health surveillance and epidemiologic analysis of outdoor falls that require an emergency medical services response

 

Fall injury without Syncope or Heat N (%)

Fall injury secondary to Syncope–no heat component N (%)

N

1,780,371

73,126

Location reported by EMS

Indoors

1,531,903 (86)

63,975 (87)

Outdoors, not on a street or sidewalk

22,732 (1)

762 (1)

Outdoors, on a street or sidewalk

124,493 (7)

4672 (6)

Indeterminant for indoor vs outdoor status

51,307 (3)

2323 (3)

Not Recorded

49,936 (3)

1394 (2)

Age Group

 < 21

111,710 (6)

6284 (9)

21–29

57,667 (3)

5189 (7)

30–39

75,811 (4)

5145 (7)

40–49

93,113 (5)

6049 (8)

50–64

308,128 (17)

15,205 (21)

65 + 

1,128,394 (63)

35,121 (48)

Not Recorded

5548 (< 1)

133 (< 1)

Sex of patient

Male

742,993 (42)

36,148 (49)

Female

1,030,141 (58)

36,762 (50)

Not Recorded

7237 (< 1)

216 (< 1)

Race and Ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

8011 (< 1)

296 (< 1)

Asian

11,568 (1)

470 (1)

Black or African American

193,587 (11)

7972 (11)

Hispanic or Latin

68,518 (4)

2761 (4)

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

2463 (< 1)

122 (< 1)

White

548,779 (31)

22,654 (31)

Mixed Race

1218 (< 1)

51 (< 1)

Not Recorded

946,227 (53)

38,800 (53)

South, North or West Census Divisions

North

502,155 (28)

18,952 (26)

South

806,320 (45)

31,734 (43)

Pacific or Mountain

471,459 (26)

22,421 (31)

Not Recorded

437 (< 1)

19 (< 1)

Urbanicity

Urban

1,482,677 (83)

62,898 (86)

Suburban

97,037 (5)

3314 (5)

Rural

117,281 (7)

3802 (5)

Wilderness

31,894 (2)

1040 (1)

Not Recorded

51,482 (3)

2072 (3)