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. 2011 Aug 3;89(10):733–740. doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.086306

Table 2. Deaths from fall-related unintentional injuries by type of fall, in the present study and in national estimates, India, 2005.

Unintentional injury type (and ICD-10 codes) Deaths in study, 2001–2003
National estimates (in thousands)
Deaths per 100 000a in all India, 2005
Males
Females
Total
No. % No. 99% CI No. 99% CI No. 99% CI No. 99% CI
Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling (W01) 408 21 32 27–35 2.4 2.0–2.9 3.4 2.8–4.0 2.9 2.5–3.3
Other falls on same level (W02, W03, W18) 227 11 20 16–23 1.8 1.4–2.2 1.9 1.4–2.3 1.8 1.5–2.1
Falls stairs and ladder (W10, W11) 98 5 9 6–11 0.7 0.4–1.0 0.9 0.6–1.3 0.8 0.6–1.0
Falls from building or structure (W12, W13) 157 7 14 11–17 1.6 1.2–2.0 0.9 0.6–1.2 1.3 1.0–1.5
Falls from trees (W14) 162 8 11 8–13 1.7 1.3–2.0 0.3 0.1–0.5 1.0 0.8–1.2
Other falls from one level to another (W04–W09,W17) 318 16 25 21–28 2.1 1.7–2.5 2.4 1.9–2.9 2.3 1.9–2.6
Unspecified falls (W19) 633 32 49 44–54 4.6 4.0–5.3 4.4 3.7–5.0 4.5 4.0–4.9
All (W01–W19) 2003 100 160 152–170 14.9 13.7–16.0 14.2 13.0–15.4 14.5 13.7–15.4

CI, confidence interval; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, tenth revision.

a Age-standardized mortality rate.