Table 5.
Hospital admissions by location of fall compared with Australian national dataset of hospital admissions due to fallsa
| Location of fall | Hospital admissions n = 41 (100%) | National dataset hospital admissionsa n = 78,054 | OR (95% CI) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedroom | 7 (17.1) | 3481 (4.4) | 3.8 (1.7–8.4) | 0.004 |
| Bathroom | 4 (9.8) | 4111 (5.2) | 1.8 (0.6–5.0) | 0.3 |
| Kitchen | 2 (4.9) | 2496 (3.2) | 1.5 (0.0–5.7) | 0.4 |
| Living | 4 (9.7) | 2028 (2.6) | 3.7 (1.4–10.1) | 0.03 |
| Other indoors and not specified | 3 (7.3) | 19,848 (25.2) | ||
| External home environment | 3 (7.3) | 6341 (8.1) | 0.9 (0.2–2.7) | 1.0 |
| Total home and driveway | 23 (56.1) | 38,305 (48.7) | 1.1 (0.6–1.9) | 0.6 |
| Outside in community | 5 (12.2) | 8950 (11.4) | 1.0 (0.4–2.6) | 0.8 |
| Residential facility | 13 (31.7) | 17,736 (22.6) | 1.4 (0.7–2.5) | 0.3 |
| Unknown | 13,063 (16.6) |