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Table 3 Types of injury and body region affected

From: Medication and falls in elderly outpatients: an epidemiological study from a German Pharmacovigilance Network

 

n (%)

n

Dislocation, sprain and strain of joints and ligaments

70(13,6)

 
 

Head

  
 

Hip and thigh

 

2

 

Lower limb

 

16

 

Trunk

 

12

 

Unspecified body region

 

29

 

Upper limb

 

11

Fractures

187(36,3)

 
 

Head

 

6

 

Hip

 

29

 

Lower limb

 

22

 

Multiple and unspecified body region

 

19

 

Trunk

 

61

 

Upper limb

 

50

Open wound and injuries

79(15,5)

 
 

Head

 

5

 

Hip and thigh

 

6

 

Lower limb

 

8

 

Multiple and unspecified body region

 

22

 

Trunk

 

2

 

Upper limb

 

36

Superficial

 

175(34)

 
 

Head

 

7

 

Hip and thigh

 

5

 

Lower limb

 

10

 

Multiple and unspecified body region

 

121

 

Trunk

 

23

 

Upper limb

 

9

Intracranial injury

Head

 

4

Sum

 

515(100)

515