Older adults with acquired brain injury: a population based study

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Mechanism of injury among TBI patients by age groups in Ontario, 2007/08 – 2009/10

Mechanism of injury ***	Age groups
	65 – 74 Years		75 – 84 Years		85+ Years
	N	Col%	N	Col%	N	Col%
Total	2,308	100	3,398	100	2,201	100
Fall	1,610	69.8	2,752	81.0	1,932	87.8
On the same level	543	33.7	1087	39.5	782	40.5
From one level to another	164	10.2	97	3.5	27	1.4
Involving furniture	66	4.1	126	4.6	135	7.0
Involving wheelchair/walker	25	1.6	28	1.0	68	3.5
On and from stairs and steps	339	21.1	445	16.2	236	12.2
Other and unspecified	473	29.4	969	35.2	684	35.4
Motor vehicle collision	261	11.3	219	6.4	77	3.5
Struck by/against	80	3.5	68	2.0	34	1.5
Other	271	11.7	258	7.6	96	4.4
Missing	86	3.7	101	3.0	62	2.8

Statistical Significance (chi-square): *** p < .001.
Note: This is a record level analysis and includes all records with an ABI diagnostic code, as defined in the Methods section.

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