Prevalence and Incidence of Falls
| About prevalence and incidence statistics: The term 'prevalence' of Falls usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Falls at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Falls refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Falls diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics. |
Incidence (annual) of Falls: 69,264 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 65 or 1.52% or 4.1 million people in USA [about data]
Last revision: May 29, 2003
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