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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: PM R. 2019 Jan 15;11(4):344–353. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2018.08.385

Table 3.

Proportion of participants who fell at least once, and average number of falls per participant for activities reported at the time of a fall*

Proportion of participants who fell Number of falls per participant
Estimated Proportion % (SE) 95% CI Estimated count n (SE) 95% CI
Walking level terrain 31.8% (5.7) 20.2–43.4 .62 (.06) .50-.74
Unknown 12.1% (4.0) 4.0–20.3 .20 (.05) .10-.30
Stairs 10.6% (3.8) 2.9–18.3 .11 (.04) .03.18
Walking uneven terrain 9.1% (3.5) 1.9–16.3 .20 (.05) .10-.30
Running or jumping 6.1% (2.9) .1–12.0 .06 (.03) 0-.12
Reaching 6.1% (2.9) 0–12.0 .09 (.04) .02-.16
Curbs or steps 3.0% (2.1) 0–7.3 .05 (.03) 0-.10
Picking up object 1.5% (1.5) 0–4.6 .03 (.02) 0-.07
Transfers 1.5% (1.5) 0–4.6 .02 (.02) 0-.05
*

Estimated proportions and counts may not sum across activities to 100% of 1.0 respectively because participants can belong to more than one group if they reported multiple falls.