Ref. | Sample size, n | All falls, n | Proportion of injurious falls to all falls, % (n) | ||||
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 |  |  | Total | Fracture | Serious | Moderate | Healthcare use |
 | Definitions based only on symptoms | ||||||
 | Fracture definition | ||||||
[40] | 981 | 1527 | 4.5% (68) | 2.1%(32)1 2.4%(36)2 | - | - | - |
[41] | 196 | 460 | 3.6% (7) | 3.6%(7)3 | - | - | - |
[42] | 242 | 275 | 11.3% (31) | 11.3%(31)3 | - | - | - |
[43] | 2.256 | 5.404 | 4.6% (246) | 4.6%(246)3 | - | [59.2% (3.198)]8 | - |
 | AIS definition | ||||||
[46] | 384 | 619 | 23.4% (145) | 2.4% (15)4 2.9%(18)5 | - | 18.1%(112)9 | - |
[47] | 199 | 78 | 28.2% (22) | 2.6%(2)1 2.6%(2)2 | - | 23.1%(18)7 | - |
[48] | 230 | 89 | 56.2% (50) | 1.1%(1)1 4.5%(4)2 | 14.6%(13)6 | 36%(32)10 | - |
 | Other definition | ||||||
[49] | 597 | 510 | 63.5% (324) | - | - | - | - |
[54] | 186 | 322 | 39,4% (127) | - | - | - | - |
[55] | 597 | 957 | 48,0% (459) | - | - | - | - |
[62] | 360 | 367 | 8.2% (30) | 1.9%(7)3 | 6.3% (23) | - | - |
 | Definitions based on symptoms and health care use | ||||||
 | FICSIT definition | ||||||
[56] | 288 | 238 | 24.0% (57) | - | 24.0% (57) | - | - |
[59] | 291 | 258 | 35.7% (92) | - | 12.0% (31) | - | 23.6%(61)11 |
 | Campbell et al. definition | ||||||
[36] | 233 | 240 | 45.8% (110) | - | 10.4% (25) | 35.4% (85) | - |
[60] | 152 | 358 | 40.5% (145) | - | 9.5% (34) | 31.0% (111) | - |
[38] | 391 | 443 | 51.5% (228) | - | 6.8% (30) | 44.7% (198) | 25.5%(113)11 |
[37] | 312 | 584 | 55.8% (326) | - | 3.6% (21) | 52.2% (305) | - |
[61] | 240 | 189 | 48.1% (91) | - | 5.8% (11) | 42.3% (80) | 23.3% (44)11 |
 | Other definition | ||||||
[63] | 547 | 1299 | 40.3% (523) | - | 4.2% (54) | - | - |
[64] | 3.182 | 3.814 | 30.5% (1.163) | 5.1%(193)3 | - | - | 14.6% (558)11 2.9%(111)12 |
[66] | 188 | 111 | 21.6% (24) | - | 2.7% (3) | 18.9% (21) | 17.1%(19)12 |
[67] | 70 | 546 | 14.6% (80) | 0.4%(2)1 3.3%(18)2 | - | - | - |
[68] | 1.090 | 1.448 | 55.5% (804) | - | - | - | 8.6% (124)13 |
 | Definitions based only on health care use | ||||||
[70] | 27 | 23 | 30.4% (7) | - | - | - | 30.4% (7)14 |
[74] | 3.139 | 3.776 | 21.7% (821) | - | - | - | 21.7% (821)15 |
[75] | 349 | 224 | 13.5% (47) | - | - | - | 9.2%(32)16 4.3%(15)17 |
[76] | 392 | 820 | 12.2% (100) | - | - | - | 12.2%(100)12,16,17 |
Range: | 3.6-63.5% | 0.4-11.3% | 2.7-24.0% | 18.1-52.2% | 2.9-30.4% | ||
CV: | 50.1% | 51.5 18 | 68.0% | 35.4% | 46.8% |