Table 1: Annual estimates of nonfatal unintentional fall injuries in people age 65 years and older treated in US emergency departments and associated with carpets and rugs, 2001–2008.

Characteristic	Total of Carpets and Rugs			Carpets			Rugs
	Annual estimate	Percent	95% CI	Annual estimate	Percent	95% CI	Annual estimate	Percent	95% CI
Total	37991	100.0		20583	54.2	47.9-60.3	17408	45.8	39.7-52.1
Gender
Men	7512	19.8	18.3-21.3	3784	18.4	16.6-20.3	3728	21.4	19.1-23.9
Women	30467	80.2	78.7-81.7	16787	81.6	79.7-83.4	13680	78.6	76.1-80.9
Location
Home	27649	72.8	67.6-77.4	14825	72.0	65.6-77.7	12823	73.7	68.3-78.4
Outside home	5785	15.2	12.6-18.2	3306	16.1	12.7-20.1	2479	14.2	11.8-17.0
Unknown	4557	12.0	7.8-18.0	2452	11.9	7.7-18.0	2105	12.1	7.6-18.8
Age group (years)
65-74	8950	23.6	21.3-25.9	4254	20.7	18.2-23.4	4696	27.0	24.1-30.1
75-84	16159	42.5	40.0-45.1	8677	42.2	38.5-46.0	7483	43.0	40.5-45.5
85+	12882	33.9	31.5-36.4	7653	37.2	34.0-40.5	5229	30.3	27.5-32.7
Injury Diagnosis
Contusion	10016	26.0	23.7-29.2	5640	27.4	24.6-30.4	4376	25.1	21.7-28.9
Fracture	15861	41.7	39.2-44.4	8775	42.6	40.0-45.3	7086	40.7	36.8-44.7
Laceration	4624	12.2	10.5-14.0	1988	9.7	8.0-11.6	2636	15.1	12.9-17.7
Internal Injury	2551	6.7	5.2-8.6	1467	7.1	5.6-9.0	1084	6.2	4.4-8.7
Strain/sprain	2859	7.5	6.5-8.7	1776	8.6	7.2-10.2	1083	6.2	4.9-7.9
Other	2080	5.5	4.3-6.9	937	4.6	3.5-6.0	1143	6.6	5.0-8.6
Body part injured
Head/neck	10584	27.9	25.8-30.0	5388	26.2	23.5-29.0	5197	29.9	26.8-33.1
Upper trunk	5333	14.0	12.9-15.3	2817	13.7	12.0-15.6	2516	14.5	12.6-16.5
Lower trunk	9205	24.2	22.5-26.1	5574	27.1	25.2-29.0	3630	20.9	18.2-23.8
Arm/hand	5926	18.2	17.1-19.4	3705	18.0	16.5-19.6	3222	18.5	16.3-20.9
Leg/Foot	5726	15.1	13.9-16.3	2988	14.5	13.1-16.1	2738	15.7	13.9-17.8
Other/unknown	217	0.6		112	0.5		104	0.6
Disposition
Treated & released	27634	72.7	69.4-75.8	14689	71.4	68.0-74.5	12945	74.4	69.7-78.5
Hospitalized or transferred	9988	26.3	23.3-29.5	5726	27.8	24.7-31.2	4262	24.5	20.5-28.9
Other	370	0.1		168	0.8		201	1.2