Table 2.

 Falls that occurred when participant was alone, inability to get up, and time on floor by place of residence. Figures are numbers (percentages) of falls by setting

	Community (n=120)	Sheltered housing (n=62)	Institutional settings (n=83)	All (n=265)
Alone when fell	93 (78)	58 (94)	66 (80)	217 (82)
Needed help to get up	52 (43)	41 (66)	83 (100)	176 (66)
Time on floor (hours)
<1	97 (81)	40 (65)	72 (87)	209 (79)
≥1, excluding unknown	16 (13)	17 (27)	7 (8)	40 (15)
Unknown	7 (6)	5 (8)	4 (5)	16 (6)