Risk factors for recurrent injurious falls that require hospitalization for older adults with dementia: a population based study

Table 1 Characteristics of 32,519 Western Australian dementia patients by number of injurious falls observed, 2001–2013

Variable	N	%	No injurious falls observed (n = 23,549 participants)	%	1 injurious fall observed (n = 7297 participants)	%	2 or more injurious falls observed (n = 1673 participants)	%
Gender
Female	19,919	61.25	13,309	56.52	5247	71.91	1363	81.47
Male	12,600	38.75	10,240	43.48	2050	28.09	310	18.53
Age group (years)
60–64	122	0.35	112	0.48	10	0.14	0	0.00
65–69	1063	3.27	948	4.03	99	1.36	16	0.96
70–74	2357	7.24	1997	8.48	313	4.29	47	2.81
75–79	5159	15.86	4173	17.72	831	11.39	155	9.26
80–84	8225	25.29	6168	26.19	1712	23.46	345	20.68
≥ 85	15,593	47.95	10,151	43.11	4332	59.37	1110	66.29
Residential location^a
Metropolitan	23,938	73.67	17,197	73.08	5417	74.26	1219	72.88
Rural	5913	18.20	4347	18.47	1326	18.18	313	18.73
Remote	2642	8.13	1987	8.44	552	7.56	140	8.39
Co-morbidity
No	10,532	32.39	6897	29.29	2864	39.25	771	46.08
Yes	21,987	67.61	16,652	70.71	4433	60.75	902	53.92
Marital status^a
Married	13,726	43.27	10,490	45.63	2526	35.29	476	28.60
^bNot married	17,996	56.73	12,496	54.36	4631	63.46	1188	71.39
Inurious falls in previous year^c
No fall	23,540	72.39	17,646	74.93	4902	67.18	992	59.29
Fall	8979	27.61	5903	25.07	2395	32.82	681	40.71

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