TABLE 2. Numbers* and rates† of traumatic brain injury–related deaths caused by unintentional falls, by decedent characteristics — United States, 2008 and 2017§.
| Characteristic | 2008 |
2017 |
2008–2017 rate trend AAPC (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of deaths | Rate (95% CI) | No. of deaths | Rate (95% CI) | ||
|
Total
|
12,311
|
3.86 (3.80 to 3.93)
|
17,408
|
4.52 (4.45 to 4.59)
|
1.8¶ (1.5 to 2.1)
|
|
Sex
| |||||
| Male |
7,129 |
5.49 (5.36 to 5.62) |
10,180 |
6.31 (6.19 to 6.44) |
1.6¶ (1.3 to 2.0) |
| Female |
5,182 |
2.69 (2.61 to 2.76) |
7,228 |
3.17 (3.09 to 3.24) |
1.9¶ (1.5 to 2.4) |
|
Age group (yrs)**
| |||||
| 0–17 |
75 |
0.10 (0.08 to 0.12) |
54 |
0.07 (0.05 to 0.09) |
−4.3¶ (−7.6 to −0.9) |
| 18–34 |
304 |
0.43 (0.38 to 0.48) |
295 |
0.39 (0.34 to 0.43) |
−1.1 (−3.0 to 0.8) |
| 35–54 |
1,241 |
1.43 (1.35 to 1.51) |
1,137 |
1.37 (1.29 to 1.45) |
−0.3 (−1.2 to 0.5) |
| 55–74 |
2,855 |
5.22 (5.03 to 5.41) |
4,470 |
6.24 (6.05 to 6.42) |
1.8¶ (1.4 to 2.3) |
| ≥75 |
7,836 |
42.89 (41.94 to 43.83) |
11,452 |
54.08 (53.09 to 55.07) |
2.6¶ (2.0 to 3.2) |
|
Race/Ethnicity††
| |||||
| White |
10,501 |
4.09 (4.01 to 4.17) |
14,472 |
4.90 (4.82 to 4.98) |
2.1¶ (1.7 to 2.4) |
| Black |
581 |
1.99 (1.82 to 2.16) |
844 |
2.29 (2.13 to 2.45) |
1.6¶ (0.2 to 3.1) |
| AI/AN |
68 |
4.13 (3.08 to 5.18) |
121 |
5.16 (4.20 to 6.11) |
1.0 (−1.9 to 4.1) |
| A/PI |
361 |
3.61 (3.22 to 3.99) |
645 |
3.68 (3.39 to 3.97) |
0.3 (−0.7 to 1.3) |
| Hispanic |
777 |
3.23 (2.98 to 3.48) |
1,282 |
3.51 (3.31 to 3.71) |
1.2¶ (0.3 to 2.0) |
| Not stated |
23 |
NA§§ |
44 |
NA§§ |
NA§§ |
|
Level of urbanization
| |||||
| Large central metro |
3,320 |
3.77 (3.64 to 3.90) |
4,604 |
4.31 (4.18 to 4.44) |
1.4¶ (1.2 to 1.6) |
| Large fringe metro |
2,946 |
3.90 (3.76 to 4.05) |
4,051 |
4.31 (4.17 to 4.44) |
1.4¶ (0.5 to 2.3) |
| Medium metro |
2,673 |
3.96 (3.81 to 4.11) |
3,889 |
4.72 (4.57 to 4.87) |
2.1¶ (1.5 to 2.7) |
| Small metro |
1,181 |
3.76 (3.54 to 3.97) |
1,791 |
4.76 (4.54 to 4.98) |
2.2¶ (1.4 to 3.1) |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) |
1,292 |
4.10 (3.87 to 4.33) |
1,793 |
4.98 (4.75 to 5.22) |
2.1¶ (1.5 to 2.8) |
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 899 | 3.65 (3.41 to 3.89) | 1,280 | 4.60 (4.34 to 4.86) | 2.9¶ (2.5 to 3.4) |
Abbreviations: AAPC = average annual percent change; AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native; A/PI = Asian or other Pacific Islander; CI = confidence interval; NA = not available.
* Numbers exclude decedents with unknown age.
† Per 100,000 population, age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population; rates exclude decedents with unknown age.
§ Based on multiple-cause-of-death data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Vital Statistics System (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm) and NCHS Bridged-Race Population data (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/bridged_race.htm).
¶ Statistically significant at α = 0.05.
** Age group rates are not age-adjusted.
†† Whites, blacks, AI/ANs, and A/PIs were non-Hispanic; Hispanics could be of any race.
§§ Accompanying rates are not available because of lack of corresponding population denominator data.