Table 5.

Rates of admissions for serious fall-related injury in Denmark, the USA, the UK, and Canada

Population	Data type	Inclusion	Period 2	%
Danish national	Administrative	No recent syncope	One-year admission due to fall-related injury	3.2
US national	Administrative	Injury admission	One-year admission due to fall-related injury	0.24
UK national	Administrative	Injury admission	One-year admission due to fall-related injury	0.33
Canadian national	Administrative	Injury admission	One-year admission due to fall-related injury	0.4
All study patients	POST 2–4	Recent syncope	One-year syncope-related serious injury	0.9

These populations serve as controls for the likelihood of serious injury not related to syncope.