Mortality from accidental falls for those aged 65 and over / 100 000 inhabitants (id: 3971)

Organisation Statistical years: Update frequency:
Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) 1990 - 2010 Once a year

Member of

Data source

Statistics Finland: Causes of death

Keywords

  • accidental injuries
  • mortality

Classifications

Geographical classification
Region, whole country
Classification by sex
male, female, combined

Data content

The indicator gives the number of deaths from accidental falls for those aged 65 and over per one hundred thousand inhabitants of the same age. The population figures refer to mean population.

The deaths from accidental falls have been calculated on the basis of the statistics on causes of death from Statistics Finland. The fundamental cause of death was W00¿W19 according to ICD-10.

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Additional information

  • Kari Haikonen (firstname.lastname@thl.fi)
  • Anne Lounamaa (firstname.lastname@thl.fi)
  • Statistics Finland: Causes of death (kuolemansyyt.tilasto@tilastokeskus.fi)
  • Mauno Huohvanainen (firstname.lastname@tilastokeskus.fi)

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