Abstract

Falls prevention in China: time for action

Highlights

  • Falls are a major public health concern for older people

  • Falls are the leading cause of injury-related mortality and lead in the causes of traumatic bone fracture and injury-related outpatient visits in older people in China.[3]. In this issue of The Lancet Public Health, Pengpeng Ye and colleagues[4] report the burden of falls in terms of incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) in people aged 60 years and above in China from 1990 to 2019

  • Because data for all the individuals included in Ye and colleagues’ study, both inpatients and outpatients, were derived from medical records rather than a carefully designed survey, it might be difficult to extrapolate the findings to the general older population because only a small proportion of people who had a fall would seek aid or care at medical centres, often accompanied by some severe outcomes

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Summary

Introduction

Falls are a major public health concern for older people (aged ≥65 years). In this issue of The Lancet Public Health, Pengpeng Ye and colleagues[4] report the burden of falls in terms of incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) in people aged 60 years and above in China from 1990 to 2019.

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