-
How many falls are intentional?
The study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the first comprehensive national look at the role brain injuries play in fatal elderly falls. It examined 16,000 deaths in 2005 that listed UNINTENTIONAL falls as an underlying cause of death.
The CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/injury
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
06/23/08 17:26 EDT
Maybe 1 in a billion but how many people intentionally fall? Not me!
-
-
06-24-2008 03:48 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement