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 |
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| Males |
Females |
Total |
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| 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.