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Published in final edited form as: J Safety Res. 2016 May 28;58:99–103. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2016.05.001

Table 3.

2015 inflated fatal and nonfatal cost estimates for unintentional fall injuries by treatment setting and sex, United States, 2015.

	Fatal		Nonfatal total		Hospitalizations		ED visits		Office based and outpatient visits
	Av. cost per fall	Total cost^a	Av. cost per fall	Total cost^b	Av. cost per fall	Total cost^b	Av. cost per fall	Total cost^b	Av. cost per fall	Total cost^b
Total	$26,340	$637.2	$9780	$31.3	$30,550	$17.8	$4829	$8.5	$5813	$5.0
Sex
Men	$25,769	$282.2	$8462	$9.0	$29,407	$5.1	$3894	$2.1	$5317	$1.9
Women	$26,812	$355.0	$10,441	$22.2	$31,029	$12.8	$5252	$6.4	$6155	$3.1

Totals may differ because of rounding. All costs are inflated but not adjusted for changes in incidence between 2012 and 2015.

In millions.

In billions.