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Time Trends in Severe Head Injuries Among Elderly Finns
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To the Editor: A great majority of fatal head injuries in elderly people are related to falls.1-2 Previously we reported that the number of Finns aged 60 years or older who were admitted to hospitals due to a fall-induced head injury rose during 1970-1995.3 We have now followed up the population aged 80 years or older for 4 more years to assess whether the number of head injuries is increasing more rapidly than can be accounted for by demographic changes alone, by calculating the age-adjusted and age-specific incidence of injury per 100 000 persons aged 80 years or older between 1970 and 1999. For data validation and comparison, the age-adjusted incidences of hip fracture were also calculated for this population.
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We obtained data on fall-induced severe head injuries from the Finnish National Hospital Discharge Register. This statutory, computer-based register is the oldest nationwide discharge register in the world (in operation since . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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