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| La mortalité violente des personnes âgées dans les pays industrialisés durant la période 1985-1989 [Injury mortality in old people in developed countries, 1985-1989] | | Author(s) | Valérie Courville, Robert Bourbeau |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 15, no 2, Summer 1996 |
| Pages | pp 274-298 |
| Keywords | Death ; Injuries ; Accidents ; Falls ; Comparison ; International ; French language. |
| Annotation | A comparative analysis (in French) of injury mortality in 24 developed countries during the period 1985-1989 shows the importance of this cause of death among older people. One in four men, and one in two women who dies from injury is aged 65 and over. There is an over-representation of the elderly among injury-related deaths, and such risk of death increases after age 65. Some differences can be noted for older people as compared to other age groups: a lower male excess mortality ratio and a much larger proportion of violent deaths related to accidental falls. There is a wide variation in age group and cause-specific patterns of mortality, but such patterns are similar for countries in the same geographical region. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970212017 A |
| Classmark | CW: CU: OKA: OLF: 48: 72: 6W9 |
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