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. 2015 Mar;175(3):443-5.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7533.

The epidemiologic data on falls, 1998-2010: more older Americans report falling

Christine T Cigolle  1 , Jinkyung Ha  2 , Lillian C Min  2 , Pearl G Lee  2 , Tanya R Gure  3 , Neil B Alexander  2 , Caroline S Blaum  4
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The epidemiologic data on falls, 1998-2010: more older Americans report falling

Christine T Cigolle et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Mar.
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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: No disclosures pertinent to the study.

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Two-Year Prevalence of Number of Falls Across Interview Waves of the Health and Retirement Study (1998–2010) Respondents replied to the question “Have you fallen down in the last 2 years/since respondent’s last interview?” Weighted percentages were derived using Health and Retirement Study respondent population weights to adjust for differential probability of selection into the sample and differential nonresponse.
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