WHO estimates 684,000 deaths from falls a year, the second leading cause of unintentional injury death
How many people die from falls each year?
The finding
684,000 deaths a year, over 80% in low- and middle-income countries, and 37.3 million falls a year severe enough to need medical attention. Adults over 60 suffer the most fatal falls.
- Authors
- World Health Organization
- Published
- Falls (fact sheet), 26 April 2021 · 2021
- Evidence
- Read in the primary source; numbers checked.
- Source
- www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/falls
How it was studied
Global modelled estimates.
The numbers
For older people the fact sheet lists gait, balance and functional training, and Tai Chi, among effective measures.
What it does not show
Modelled global estimates, from a 2021 fact sheet.
What Longstanding does with it
Context for the stability tests. The app makes no claim that its tests predict your fall risk.